All Planning & policy articles
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OnlineThe fate of statues under the new National Planning Policy Framework
On 20 July, MHCLG published its latest revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).
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Online
Crown Commercial Service names 45 firms for £500m real estate framework
Some 45 real estate consultancy firms have been confirmed as the suppliers of real estate services for the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) as part of a £500m framework.
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Online
New Use Class E to Residential: A gamechanger or damp squib?
As part of Project Speed, the government’s post-pandemic recovery agenda, a new Commercial, Business and Service classification, Use Class E was introduced to reduce red tape and planning bureaucracy for minor and incidental change of use planning applications.
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News
First Base and Patron Capital submit plans for Milton Keynes mixed-use scheme
First Base and Patron Capital have submitted plans for MK Gateway, a mixed-use scheme in the centre of Milton Keynes.
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News
HTC to provide real estate services for Crown Commercial Service
Hartnell Taylor Cook (HTC) has been confirmed as a supplier of real estate services for the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) – with other big-name agencies expected to be announced in the coming days.
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Professional
Concerns raised over rates revaluations consultation
Experts agree business rates revaluations should be more frequent, but question government’s approach.
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News
JEDS sells Luton resi site to focus on other cities
JEDS Investments has sold a site in Luton for a residential scheme with a GDV of £35m to Merchant Taylor Homes with a view to shifting its focus to other areas of the country.
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Insight
View from the top: Matthew Pratt, chief executive of Redrow
The Redrow chief executive talks to Property Week about his ‘baptism by fire’, why the housebuilder handed back furlough money, the importance of building safety and the contentious issue of cladding.
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News
Government criticised over EWS1 policy shift
Experts cast doubt over plans to scrap fire safety forms for buildings below 18m.
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Online
Maintaining Your Assets
Last month, a consultation from the British Board of Agrément revealed intense dissatisfaction amongst building product manufacturers regarding the quality of workmanship within the RMI sector.
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Professional
Green light for JTP and Joseph Homes’ 1,500-home Gravesend scheme
JTP and Joseph Homes have been given the go-ahead to develop a 1,500-home mixed-use scheme in Gravesend.
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News
Frontier Estates secures consent for Haywards Heath care home
Frontier Estates has received approval from the Mid Sussex planning committee for a 67-bed care home in Haywards Heath.
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Online
RICS probe publication delayed for second time
The publication of an investigation into the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has been delayed for a second time.
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News
Scotland’s 17-week increase in wait for planning decision ‘unacceptable’
A 17-week year-on-year increase in the average decision time for major Scottish housing developments is “unacceptable”, according to industry body Homes for Scotland.
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Insight
Boris failed to show leadership
I know nostalgia isn’t what it used to be, but in my time in parliament I served two prime ministers who I looked up to.
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Professional
Will the Building Safety Bill clarify who must pay for cladding costs?
Government proposes a safety regulator and developer levy, but experts criticise the use of vague language.
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News
Plans filed for mixed-use scheme on former ITV site
Mitsubishi Estate and CO—RE have submitted plans to redevelop the former ITV Studios site on London’s South Bank into a mixed-use scheme.
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News
Hadley’s £600m Tower Hamlets scheme greenlit
Hadley Property Group has received unanimous planning consent from the London borough of Tower Hamlets for its mixed-use riverfront scheme in the east London area.
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News
Green buildings bill introduced to House of Lords
A bill designed to make both residential and commercial buildings more energy-efficient has had its first reading in the House of Lords.
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News
RE Capital gets green light for Victoria mixed-use scheme
Pan-European investor and developer RE Capital has secured a resolution to grant planning consent from Westminster City Council for a flagship mixed-use scheme in Victoria, London.
