Rising house prices drive planning applications up in London

The number of basement planning applications has rocketed in London over the last two years, according to new research by Glenigan.

Westminster planners have given the thumbs up to a right royal restoration and development of Grosvenor Gardens House in Belgravia.

The number of new homes being approved by the capital's planners accelerated by 73% in the first three months of the year, with 11,870 new residential units across 1,553 separate sites entering the pipeline…