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HMO lacks smoke alarm / iStock-172404569

News in brief: London landlord fined for unsafe HMO; A428 upgrade plans on show

11.06.2019

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning news: Tuesday 11 June, 2019

London landlord fined for unsafe HMO

07.06.2019

Laura Edgar

HMO | Islington | London | Planning Law

Islington Council has successfully prosecuted a rogue landlord for failing to comply with fire safety regulations and carry out repairs to his property.

News in brief: Hotel approved in Finsbury Park; Affordable housing green-lit in Watford

06.11.2018

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning news: Tuesday 6 November, 2018

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.

The former Territorial Army building in Holloway / Google Maps

Islington backed in High Court over affordable housing

30.04.2018

Laura Edgar

A High Court judge has ruled in favour of the London Borough of Islington in a ‘long-standing’ battle between the council and developer Parkhurst Road over the contribution of affordable housing.

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Appeal: Inspector upholds Islington Council’s viability assessment challenge

08.03.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has refused plans for 24 homes and a day nursery in Highbury, North London, siding with the local authority after it challenged the appellant’s proposed affordable housing contribution on...

Appeal: ‘Greater flexibility’ allowed for £75m Islington scheme

18.01.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved the extension of an existing permission to allow retail as well as business uses for part of a large-scale, mixed-use development in Angel, North London.

News in brief: Government rebrands DCLG; Council makes affordable housing key for Holloway Prison site

09.01.2018

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning news: Tuesday 9 January, 2018

Appeal: Seven-storey scheme incorporating listed vaults near Barbican approved

01.12.2017

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved a large mixed use scheme in central London, comprising 35 flats and a hotel above ground, and a restaurant and office space in a listed former brewery cellar beneath the site....

Appeal: Unlawful basement alterations led to ‘vast restaurant complex’ in Islington

23.11.2017

Matt Moody

Permission has been refused for three Islington restaurants to operate lawfully as separate businesses after unlawful basement alterations created a ‘vast restaurant complex’ because they would...

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