London

Enforcement: Residents forced to eat in bed in Barnet flats

10.05.2019

An inspector has upheld enforcement action against a semi-detached home converted into six ‘significantly cramped’ flats that had ‘little separation between sleeping and cooking facilities’.

Brent into shape: An interview with Alice Lester

07.05.2019

Huw Morris

Alice Lester is newly promoted to director of regeneration, growth and employment for Brent, a London borough undergoing major renewal. She tells Huw Morris about planning in an age of austerity, why...

Enforcement: Full costs awarded against appellant for ‘deliberate untruths’

03.05.2019

Matt Moody

Development Management & Enforcement | enforcement | London | temporary use

An inspector has ordered a full award of costs against an appellant for claiming that an outbuilding behind his property was built to temporarily accommodate builders, ruling that the appeal asked him to ‘...

Extraspace Solutions awarded £40m modular housing contract

02.05.2019

Prithvi Pandya

Heritage | London | modular housing | place

PLACE, a not-for-profit organisation, has awarded Extraspace Solutions a £40 million contract to deliver 200 modular homes by 2021 for homeless Londoners.

No hiding place: Planners and the Proceeds of Crime Act

South London council wins POCA order

01.05.2019

Laura Edgar

Development Management & Enforcement | London | planning enforcement | Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 | Southwark Council

Southwark Council has won over £1 million under a Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) order against a landlord who converted three flats into two cramped studios and bedsits.

High Court dismisses Heathrow expansion challenge

01.05.2019

Laura Edgar

Campaigners and London boroughs have lost their challenge to the development of a third runway at Heathrow Airport.

Public Practice looks for next round of 2019 placements

25.04.2019

Laura Edgar

local authorities | London | Professional Development | public practice | South East

Social enterprise Public Practice has launched a call for applications for the next round of placements, as the spring 2019 cohort begins work.

Short-let registration called for in London

25.04.2019

Laura Edgar

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has called on the government to introduce a registration system for those who want to rent out a property for less than 90 days in a calendar year in order to protect housing for long-term residents.

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Court grants London council an injunction against illegal encampments

18.04.2019

Laura Edgar

high court | illegal encampments | kingston | London | Planning Law

The High Court has granted Kingston Council a full three-year injunction order that will allow it to prevent unlawful occupation, encampments and fly-tipping on public land.

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Khan to invest £11m in housing homeless families

17.04.2019

Laura Edgar

An investment of £11 million will be made into building temporary modular homes to help homeless families in the capital, says Mayor of London Sadiq Khan.

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