Planning clampdown stamps out PCL’s mega-basement boom
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Housing Minister reveals an "ambitious revamp of planning rules" and bans gas boilers in new homes, as the Government publishes its first-ever "design manual to promote the building of beautiful new homes"…
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Slow planning process causes long project delays for architects
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Ex-Sotheby’s & Carter Jonas man launches buying agency
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Gove accelerates reform of ‘feudal’ leasehold system
Housing secretary Michael Gove is bringing forward plans to reform England's "outdated" leasehold system
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