Lee Mallett
InsightPleasure time: An afternoon at the London Pleasure Gardens
Crowds swarm to London Pleasure Gardens at the Royal Docks — the biggest success yet in Property Week’s Site Life campaign. Lee Mallett reports. Photographs by Tim Foster
InsightPleasure time
Crowds swarm to London Pleasure Gardens at the Royal Docks — the biggest success yet in Property Week’s Site Life campaign. Lee Mallett reports. Photographs by Tim Foster
MarketsSense and sustainability
As part of Property Week’s Site Life campaign to resurrect property projects that stalled during the downturn, several social initiatives in the Capital are coming to fruition. Lee Mallett reports on the events held as part of the Meanwhile London project, ready to contribute to the Olympic festivities in the ...
InsightMeanwhile London: We have lift off!
Property Week, Boris Johnson and Newham Council’s Meanwhile London competition moves closer to fruition as all four winners gear up to start work on site in the new year. Lee Mallett reports
MarketsWestminster considers rights of light intervention
Westminster City Council could follow the City of London by intervening in rights of light cases
InsightState of flax
Last year Property Week and Urban Splash chose two “meanwhile” schemes to breath life into a site in New Islington, Manchester. Nine months on, Lee Mallett went to see how they have evolved.
InsightMeanwhile London: A Royal Welcome
Property Week, the mayor of London and the London Borough of Newham’s Meanwhile London competition is moving full steam ahead towards completion in time for the 2012 Olympics
InsightArup’s ‘loadsamoney’ Broadgate is unfit for 21st-century finance
The City of London corporation’s decision to grant planning consent for redevelopment at Broadgate this week is a salutary vote for London to remain the financial centre of the world
InsightNEWHAM START FOR DOCKLANDS
The winning proposals in the Meanwhile London competition were unveiled at MIPIM this week
InsightDocklands’ dozen: See the shortlist for our Meanwhile London competition
Finalists for Property Week’s Meanwhile London competition reveal their temporary-use ideas to bring the derelict Docklands sites to life
ProfessionalQ+A: Robert Noel on the politics of planning in Westminster
Lee Mallett asks Robert Noel, Westminster Property Association chairman and head of London at Land Securities, about Westminster council and planning application charges
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Developers: increase charges for better planning system
Property association lobbies Clark to increase fees to fund Westminster’s planning costs
OnlineMeanwhile London competition: Opportunity Docks
Three sites in London’s Royal Docks are up for grabs in Property Week’s new Site Life competition. Today London mayor Boris Johnson and Newham mayor Sir Robin Wales launch “Meanwhile London” – an exciting and unique opportunity to regenerate parts of the Royal Docks and Canning Town
InsightBest in their field
The judges reveal two winning designs for Property Week and Urban Splash’s Site Life competition at Manchester’s New Islington. Lee Mallett meets their creators
InsightThe gift of life
Finalists in Urban Splash and Property Week’s Site Life competition unveil their ideas to transform a piece of land in Manchester’s New Islington
ProfessionalLondon mayor to increase restricted views by 35%
Boris Johnson’s planning guidance would widen sightlines in key development areas
InsightBuilding up Westminster
Ensuring London’s Westminster remains a viable place for development is Robert Noel’s goal. The new chairman of the Westminster Property Association talks to Lee Mallett
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Report calls for Soho's building to be made sustainable
A report on ‘retrofitting’ sustainability into Westminster’s most energy-hungry buildings could serve as a blueprint for planning policy across the UK
MarketsEuro visionaries
Should Britain abandon eco-towns in favour of European-style urban extensions?
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Rother people’s secrets
Rotherham Borough Council has launched a groundbreaking website to share its regeneration tips with the world.
