London

Appeal: Tower that could ‘constrain regeneration plans’ allowed

16.04.2019

Housing | London | premature | Regeneration | tall buildings

An inspector has approved plans for an eight-storey tower in Catford comprising 42 flats, despite acknowledging that it could ‘constrain’ future plans to regenerate the Plassy Island area.

No hiding place: Planners and the Proceeds of Crime Act

Croydon couple to pay £100k POCA fine

11.04.2019

Laura Edgar

Croydon | Development Management & Enforcement | London | POCA | Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

Croydon Crown Court has ordered a husband and wife to pay a total of £136,240 for renting out a property despite being served with a council enforcement notice requiring its demolition.

Hillingdon cracks down on illegal encampments

08.04.2019

Huw Morris

The London Borough of Hillingdon has successfully applied for a High Court injunction prohibiting illegal encampments on more than 350 sites.

London's low emission zone came into force on Monday 8th April

London ultra low emissions zone gets under way

08.04.2019

Huw Morris

The capital's ultra low emissions zone has come into force with drivers of older and more polluting vehicles facing a daily charge of £12.50.

Khan puts up £200m to protect affordable housing from Brexit

04.04.2019

Laura Edgar

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has committed an extra £200 million to affordable housing to protect the sector from the uncertainty caused by Brexit.

Q&A: 50 years of RTPI accreditation at London South Bank University

02.04.2019

The Planner

accreditation | England | London | LSBU | Professional Development

London South Bank University was the first educational institution to provide an RTPI-accredited planning qualification, in 1968/69. The 50th anniversary will be marked with an alumni event at LSBU on 2 May...

Slough landlord receives suspended jail sentence for illegal flats

28.03.2019

Laura Edgar

Development Management & Enforcement | London | planning enforcement | Slough | South East

A landlord has been handed a suspended prison sentence after being found guilty of hiding families in windowless flats that didn’t have planning permission.

Appeal: Council must pay costs for ‘rigid adherence to policy’

26.03.2019

Matt Moody

Croydon Borough Council ‘failed to apply a pragmatic and common-sense approach' in refusing plans to convert a redundant dental surgery into offices, an inspector has found.

Enforcement: Hackney enforcement notice on property’s extensions quashed

22.03.2019

Huw Morris

Design | London | london borough of hackney

A London Borough of Hackney enforcement notice against front and rear extensions on a property has been quashed and planning permission granted.

Appeal: Statutory declaration wins permitted development at Hornchurch office

22.03.2019

Huw Morris

Business & Enterprise | Development Management & Enforcement | London | London borough of havering

Offices on the site of a Hornchurch building can be converted into two flats under permitted development after an inspector accepted a statutory declaration about their use in the past.

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