London

Khan settles on cash for 11,000 council homes

24.10.2018

Laura Edgar

Plans worth more than £1 billion with 26 London boroughs have been agreed on, so that more than 11,000 new councils homes can be built in London over the next four years.

£10m cash boost for London council’s planning teams

23.10.2018

Laura Edgar

council housing | Housing | London | sadiq khan

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has launched a £10 million fund that aims to ‘beef up’ councils’ housing and planning teams to help them build more homes.

Appeal: Community centre would be sixfold breach of policy threshold

18.10.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has refused permission for a Stratford community centre to host up to 100 people at once, because it would be more than six times the threshold of 15 people cited in the local development plan...

Appeal: Bronze statue of local businessman is ‘incongruous’

12.10.2018

Matt Moody

Community Infrastructure | London | retrospective permission | statue | visual amenity

An inspector has refused retrospective permission for a bronze statue of a recently deceased local businessman in Paddington, calling it ‘discordant and incongruous’ despite its ‘high-...

Council calls for guidance change to help secure affordable homes

12.10.2018

Laura Edgar

Islington Council and the capital’s deputy mayor for housing have written an open letter to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), asking the organisation to rewrite key guidance on viability.

Appeal: Inspector praises ‘human scale’ of 48-storey tower

11.10.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved plans for a 48-storey residential skyscraper on the Isle of Dogs that will provide 332 new homes, describing it as ‘a design of the highest architectural quality’ that...

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Enforcement: Brent ‘micro flats’ enforcement notice quashed

11.10.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has quashed an enforcement notice issued by Brent Council against a family-sized home in Neasden that was allegedly converted into six self-contained flats owing to lack of evidence.

Vacant commercial property / iStock-158004619

Construction yet to start on 2,700 hectares of London land

04.10.2018

Laura Edgar

centre for london | Economic Growth | empty shops | London | meanwhile use

Land equivalent to the size of the borough of Lambeth - 2,700 hectares - has planning permission for development but construction has yet to start on it, says a think tank.

Public Practice looking for new recruits

04.10.2018

Laura Edgar

London | Professional Development | public practice | recruitment | South East

With 17 associates already six months into a one-year placement at local authorities, Public Practice has announced that it is looking for its next group of recruits.

Green-light Glasgow scheme / iStock-620698764

City Hall gives nod to plan for 3,000 East London homes

03.10.2018

Laura Edgar

Greater London Authority | Housing | jules pipe | London | Regeneration

London's deputy mayor for planning has approved a £1 billion development in the London Riverside Opportunity Area comprising 3,000 homes, 50 per cent of which have been designated as affordable.

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