sadiq khan

Khan plans to buy land for housing with £250m

06.09.2017

Laura Edgar

affordable housing | Housing | London | sadiq khan

An initial £250 million has been earmarked by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan to buy and prepare land for new and affordable homes in his draft Housing Strategy.

News in brief: RTPI launches fresh training courses; WCMA proposes housing action plan

05.09.2017

A round-up of planning news: Tuesday 5 September, 2017

Housebuilding in capital falls – research

04.09.2017

Laura Edgar

Research by the Housing & Finance Institute has suggested a fall in the number of homes being built in London, but more being built in the Home Counties.

England round-up: Khan should set up an OSM procurement programme, says report; Call for community land trusts to be exempt from leasehold reforms

01.09.2017

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning news in England: 26 August-1 September, 2017

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Khan should set up an OSM procurement programme – report

31.08.2017

Laura Edgar

The Mayor of London is best placed to break down the barriers that prevent wider adoption of offsite manufacturing (OSM) for housing and should set up a London-specific OSM-led procurement framework, says a report.

Khan announces first 100% affordable housing site

24.08.2017

Laura Edgar

Greater London Authority | Housing | London | London Borough of Waltham Forest | sadiq khan

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced that a former industrial site in Walthamstow has been released for development with 100 per cent affordable homes for first-time buyers.

England round-up: Khan releases finalised supplementary planning guidance; Greater Manchester Spatial Framework timetable published

18.08.2017

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning news in England: 12 August-18 August, 2017

Khan releases finalised supplementary planning guidance

16.08.2017

Laura Edgar

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced that half the homes built on public land in London will have to be affordable if they are to benefit from faster planning permission.

News in brief: London’s Garden Bridge project closed; Cities in the north and Scotland to be top tech start-ups

15.08.2017

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning news: Tuesday 15 August, 2017

London’s Garden Bridge project closed

14.08.2017

Laura Edgar

garden bridge | London | Public Realm | sadiq khan

The Garden Bridge Trust has announced that it is ‘winding up’ the proposed £200 million Garden Bridge project.

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