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Appeal: Jenrick approves Sutton SEND school despite local objections

14.05.2021

The housing secretary has approved plans for a new school in Sutton for children with learning difficulties, agreeing with his inspector that the ‘sheer volume’ of objections from local people did not mean...

13k affordable homes started in London last year

13.05.2021

Laura Edgar

affordable housing | Housing | London | sadiq khan

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has released figures that show 13,318 affordable homes were started in the capital in 2020/21.

Office space in Wandsworth approved

07.05.2021

Laura Edgar

London | redevelopment | Regeneration | wandsworth

Wandsworth Borough Council has granted planning permission for a 12-storey, 240,000-square-foot office building on the site of Royal Mail’s former South London depot in Nine Elms.

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Appeal: Sorting office redevelopment would not be of high quality

30.04.2021

Matt Moody

Plans to replace a former postal sorting office in Harrow with a six-storey building offering 60 flats and commercial space were rejected by an inspector, who found that the scheme ‘would not achieve a high-...

London’s next mayor must make a Mayoral Statement of Community

27.04.2021

Eileen Conn

Community Engagement | London | Mayoral Statement of Community Involvement

Community involvement underpins successful placemaking, says Eileen Conn, and it should be embedded in...

Appeal: Adult gaming centre would harm public health

16.04.2021

Matt Moody

An inspector has rejected plans for an adult gaming centre close to two existing betting shops in North London, ruling that deprivation levels in the area made its population ‘more susceptible to gambling-...

Watford Town Hall Quarter sketch / Watford Borough Council and Montagu Evans

Watford on the hunt for development partner

15.04.2021

Laura Edgar

London | Regeneration | Watford

Watford Borough Council is seeking a development partner for the regeneration of the 3.5-hectare Town Hall Quarter site.

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1,600 homes approved in Brent

14.04.2021

Laura Edgar

affordable housing | brent council | Housing | London | Regeneration

The London Borough of Brent Council has granted planning permission for a 1,600-home development at Northwick Park Hospital.

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Two Pocket applications approved in London

14.04.2021

Laura Edgar

greenwich | harrow | Housing | London | pocket living

Pocket Living has received planning permission for two schemes – one in Harrow and the other in Charlton.

London council consults on second licence for HMOs

06.04.2021

Laura Edgar

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council has published a consultation on draft plans that seek to improve housing standards and take action against landlords that don’t provide safe accommodation for tenants in houses in multiple occupation (HMOs).

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