All articles by Allister Hayman – Page 6
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Insight
Property bears up to global instability
How would we cope if 16 million refugees arrived on Britain’s shores?
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Markets
Boris flexes muscles with call in of major City fringe schemes
Boris Johnson has given a clear signal that he will continue to exercise his powers to intervene in development disputes despite nearing the end of his term as mayor after calling in two controversial planning applications for City fringe schemes last week.
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Markets
Corbyn sets sights on developers as party outlines housing policies
Jeremy Corbyn has put developers firmly in his sights after the new Labour leader vowed the party would press for a crackdown on affordable housing contributions as part of a wider policy push aimed at building 100,000 council homes each year.
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News
Boris Johnson backs down on fixed affordable housing targets
Boris Johnson has scrapped plans to speed up development in London by imposing fixed targets of around 25% for affordable homes on major sites in the capital.
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Markets
Councils speed up planning
Councils are approving major planning applications more quickly than at any point over the past 10 years, government figures have shown.
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Online
Revealed: The UK’s hottest residential locations
Chester, Beverley and Crewe top the list of the 50 best residential locations in the UK, according to a new study by Property Week and CACI.
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Markets
Need to know: the impact of the office-to-resi PDR
Measures introduced by the government in May 2013 to allow offices to be converted to residential without planning permission have been controversial.
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Markets
Q&A: Fraser on sharp end of London’s prime resi market
London’s prime residential market has enjoyed a sustained boom. Attracted by London’s safe haven status, international buyers have flocked to snap up London homes in unprecedented numbers, driving developments and sending prices rocketing.
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Online
Office-to-resi PDR leads to huge loss of office stock
Measures introduced by the government to allow offices to be converted to residential without planning permission led to the loss of over 6m sq ft of office space in England last year, a report has found.
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Online
HS2 reveals plans for Euston station redevelopment
HS2 has revealed its plans for a ‘bolt-on’ redevelopment of Euston station to accommodate the high-speed rail line to Birmingham and the North of England.
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Markets
Alphabeta building raises the bar for cycling facilities
The recently completed Alphabeta building in Finsbury Square in the City of London has one of the most striking examples of the incorporation of cycle facilities into the fabric of an office building.
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Markets
Q&A: Dolphin Living marks new era in affordable rent
Dolphin Living chief executive Jon Gooding explains the not-for-profit landlord’s new income-based rent.
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News
Boris Johnson mulls fixed affordable housing target
Boris Johnson is drawing up plans for fixed targets of around 25% for affordable homes on major sites in London in a move aimed at speeding up development in the capital, Property Week can reveal.
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News
Councils seek to bring ‘dark art’ of viability assessments into the light
In London’s heated debate about housing and the affordability crisis, one issue more than any other seems to raise campaigners’ hackles: developers’ viability assessments.
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Online
Westminster warns over office-to-resi 'ambulance chasers'
Westminster council has warned that it could face tens of millions of pounds of compensation claims from developers if the government rushes through an extension to permitted development rights for office to residential conversions.
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News
PM’s ‘dirty money’ crackdown needs aggressive support
David Cameron’s crackdown on “dirty money” in the UK property industry is likely to have only a very limited impact unless it is coupled with a far more aggressive policing by law enforcement agencies, experts have said.
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Professional
Developers in limbo after government delays office-to-resi PDR extension
Delay to extending permitted development rights comes as councils fast-track mitigating measures.
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Markets
Housebuilders’ share prices soar close to all-time peak
A strong performance in Q2 sees housebuilding outperform other sectors as market value hits new record
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News
Government puts back office-to-resi extension plan
The government has been forced to delay plans to extend office to residential permitted development rights (PDR) amid further opposition from councils concerned about the loss of office stock.
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Online
Government sets 'early 2017' local plan deadline for councils
The government has confirmed an “early 2017” deadline for councils to have local plans in place or risk facing government intervention.