Housing

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.

Appeal: Housing scheme at green belt golf club rejected

24.04.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has cited harm to green belt openness in refusing plans for 30 homes on brownfield land at a golf club near Basildon, despite the local council’s housing land supply of only 1.61 years.

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Labour would scrap permitted development

24.04.2019

Laura Edgar

The next Labour government would put at end to the policy that sees commercial spaces converted into residential units without going through the full planning process.

News in brief: Social housing fund set to keep Scotland fit; Teignbridge District Council approves sea wall plans at Dawlish

23.04.2019

Prithvi Pandya

A round-up of planning news: Tuesday 23 April, 2019

Appeals round-up: Portable golf shelter is a building, rules inspector; 72 per cent size increase ‘not disproportionate’ in green belt

18.04.2019

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 13 April-19 April, 2019

Small wonders: Can micro-living help to solve our housing woes?

18.04.2019

Serena Ralston

Whatever its pros and cons, ‘micro-living’ is happening, out of lifestyle choice or necessity. And it's being created at grassroots level from self-build schemes, right up to large projects backed by...

England round-up: RTPI to support planning APPG; Khan to invest £11m in housing homeless families

18.04.2019

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning news in England: 13 April-19 April, 2019

Wales round-up: Cardiff BTR complex makes waves; Neath Port Talbot threatens to quit Swansea Bay City Deal

18.04.2019

Roger Milne

Build to Rent | Cymru | Housing | Neath Port Talbot Council

A round-up of planning news in Wales: 13 April-19 April, 2019

Province’s tallest building proposed for Belfast

18.04.2019

Roger Milne

Belfast | consultation | Housing | Northern Ireland | tall buildings

A public consultation exercise has just finished for what would be Northern Ireland’s tallest building, a 30-storey apartment block proposed for the Sailortown area of Belfast.

Cardiff BTR complex makes waves

18.04.2019

Roger Milne

Build to Rent | Cardiff | Cymru | Housing

A major new build-to-rent (BTR) complex in the heart of Cardiff is set to climb off the drawing board.

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