All Planning & policy articles – Page 10
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OnlineFinance Bill introduces 'special rules' for overseas investors
Special rules for overseas fund investors into UK property have been introduced by the government in the Finance Bill 2018-19.
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Ballymore and Hammerson switch focus from resi to workspace in Bishopsgate Goodsyard redesign
Hammerson and Ballymore have revealed updated plans for their embattled Bishopsgate Goodsyard scheme.
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Brokenshire announces commission to ‘champion beauty’ in built environment
Communities secretary James Brokenshire has launched a new commission to ‘champion beauty’ in the built environment.
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Homes England selects Platform, Optivo and Orbit among new strategic partners
Homes England has announced the new partners for its affordable housing programme that will receive a total of £653m in grant funding released in this week’s Budget.
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City of London to consult on new Local Plan
The City of London Corporation has drawn up a new Local Plan which has been voted through by its Planning and Transportation Committee and will now go out for public consultation.
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Hammond dashes high street’s high hopes
‘Malities, malities, malities, malities – that’s the four malities over.’ Now that’s a funny joke.
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Ballymore and Hammerson to unveil revised plans for Bishopsgate Goodsyard
Joint venture partners Hammerson and Ballymore have announced they will unveil revised proposals for their long-delayed Bishopsgate Goodsyard redevelopment scheme in Shoreditch at a public consultation next week.
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Budget presents a mixed bag for housing industry
Chancellor sets end date for Help to Buy and provides detail on plans for stamp duty rise for foreign investors.
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UK should look to CEE for logistics opportunities
Property Week ’s article on Expo Real in Munich rightly indicated the seemingly unstoppable rise of the industrial and logistics sector in the UK and Europe
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SDLT rise would be smokescreen
The chancellor has pledged to publish a consultation in January on a 1% SDLT surcharge for non-residents buying residential property in England and Northern Ireland.
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Autumn Budget: trick or treat?
With a distinct chill in the air and with only two days before Halloween, did an increasingly ghoulish-looking chancellor deliver more tricks or treats for the property sector?
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Letwin recommends new planning regime for large sites
Oliver Letwin has recommended that the government introduce a new planning regime specific to large sites that encourages more diversity of tenure, in the final part of his independent review of build-out rates.
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Government extends Help to Buy to 2023
The government has extended its Help to Buy Equity Loan Scheme until March 2023 but is limiting it to first time buyers and introducing regional caps, Chancellor Philip Hammond announced in today’s Budget.
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St Modwen agrees £75m post-Budget funding
St. Modwen has agreed a new £75m loan from Homes England’s Home Building Fund following the extension of the fund announced in the Budget.
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Chancellor pledges £1.5bn to 'back High Street'
Chancellor Philip Hammond has launched a £675m ‘Future High Street Fund’ alongside significant business rates relief for small retailers from April 2019.
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Budget 2018: £500m infrastructure funding and retail PDR consultation announced - property reacts
Chancellor Philip Hammond has committed an additional £500m to the Housing Infrastructure Fund in today’s Budget, as well as launching a consultation on PDRs for retail to residential conversions and upward extensions.
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Bruntwood unveils vision for new Old Trafford mixed-use quarter
Developer Bruntwood and joint venture partner Trafford Council have unveiled plans to regenerate the Trafford area of Manchester, including extensive housing developments, a new leisure centre and a redeveloped retail park.
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Government extends dirty money campaign to property industry
The government has extended its Flag it Up campaign, which encourages solicitors and accountants to report suspicions of money laundering, to the property industry.
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Tower Hamlets approves Rockwell hotel plans
The London Borough of Tower Hamlets has granted planning permission to Rockwell Property for a hotel-led development at 82 West India Dock Road in Westferry, East London.
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New plans could require Westminster hotel developers to provide affordable homes
Westminster City Council is mulling plans that would require developers of new hotels in the borough to provide affordable housing, Property Week has learned.
