New planning apps aim to make home extensions easier
The RIPA (Reducing Invalid Planning Application) and BoPS (Back office Planning System) web apps represent "a step towards a fully digital planning system," says Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick.
Home improvement applications dwindle, but extensions hold up
'The impact of Brexit and any shift in GDP is likely to reduce [home improvement] activity further', warns Barbour ABI
Raynsford Review: A 24-point plan to fix the ‘chaotic patchwork’ planning system
"Planning in England is less effective than at any time in the post-war era", declares Nick Raynsford's team in the first comprehensive review of the planning system for a generation
Historic building heavyweights call for planning reform to enable sustainability
"Sustainability and heritage protection should go hand in hand" says the National Trust in a new report led by Grosvenor.
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‘Ultra-rare’ triplex penthouse offers vast ‘blank canvas’ above Chelsea Waterfront
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UAE developer announces major acquisition in East London
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FRP swoops on Arc & Co
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Agents appointed on Bentry’s £100mn Islington scheme
Savills & CBRE are due to launch resi sales at Angel Village early next year.