All Planning & policy articles – Page 11
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NewsSadiq Khan mandates second staircase for all new London towers over 30m
All new buildings in London taller than 30m must now include a second staircase, London mayor Sadiq Khan has mandated.
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McLaren lodges plans for 45-storey BTR tower in Leeds city centre
McLaren has submitted plans for a mixed-use development containing build-to-rent (BTR) homes and commercial space in Leeds city centre.
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Southern Grove scores greenfield planning win ‘off Local Plan’
Developer Southern Grove has succeeded in gaining planning approval for a 220-home scheme in Whitstable, Kent, despite the site not being included in Canterbury City Council’s Local Plan.
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Puma backs UK’s first research centre focused on ESG in construction
London university UCL’s Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction has launched the UK’s first research centre focused on improving ESG practices in construction, sponsored by Puma Property Finance.
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Eutopia’s 315-home scheme in Gloucester approved
Developer Eutopia Homes’ proposals for a 315-home scheme in Gloucester with a £70m gross development value have been approved by the city’s council.
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RICS relaunches leadership hunt after failed attempt
RICS has launched a search for a chief executive officer after its hunt for a director-general failed to deliver a suitable candidate to head the institution.
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Gove cuts through leasehold jungle
Housing secretary Michael Gove has been accused of many things – being a “betrayer” for one – but as head of many government departments he has been an incorrigible reformer and enforcer. That is why former prime ministers David Cameron and Boris Johnson relied on him so heavily.
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Unlocking small sites for SMEs ‘key to tackling housing crisis’
Analysis reveals 1.6 million new homes could be built on unused parcels of land owned by local authorities
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‘Whitehall power play’ sees Treasury take control of DLUHC spending
The Treasury has taken control of Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities’ (DLUHC) spending powers in a move described as a “Whitehall power play”.
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Government must step up to solve cladding crisis
What tends to get lost in the debates around cladding is the fact that this crisis originates from a failure to properly regulate. The building regulations that are in operation, the building control system, permitted development that was intrinsically unsafe… and there were enough warnings through enough fires for government ...
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Building safety remediation contracts fail to bring clarity
The government’s plans to clamp down on developers leave more questions for leaseholders and tenants.
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New design panel launched to help ‘shape the future’ of Westminster
Westminster City Council is to launch a Design Review Panel that will provide independent expert advice for major developments within the central London borough.
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Rachel Maclean replaces Frazer as housing minister
Rachel Maclean, former minister of state at the Ministry of Justice, has become the 15th housing minister since the Conservatives took office in 2010.
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Compulsory purchase laws review launched
The Law Commission of England and Wales is launching a review of laws on land acquisition and compensation in compulsory purchase schemes to understand whether they are fit for future development projects.
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True owners of 52,000 properties still unknown as overseas firms shirk transparency laws
The true owners of around 52,000 properties in the UK are still shrouded in mystery after thousands of offshore companies failed to comply with new transparency laws.
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Lucy Frazer out as housing minister
Lucy Frazer is leaving her post as housing minister at the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, to become the secretary of state for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), as part of prime minister Rishi Sunak’s cabinet reshuffle.
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BA and GIC join forces with BlackRock on major King’s Cross Tribeca development
BlackRock Alternatives Real Estate has joined forces with British Airways’ pension scheme and Singaporean fund GIC to develop a major life sciences development, Tribeca King’s Cross.
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NEAT Developments’ Youssef Kadiri on stacked industrial
The latest version of the London Plan included some subtle but significant changes to industrial land policies, particularly Policy E7, which protected strategic industrial land from exploitation by housebuilders.
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DLUHC consults on cladding cost recovery proposals to protect leaseholders
The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has launched a consultation seeking views on proposals that would force landlords to try all other avenues of cost recovery before going after leaseholders for cladding remediation work.
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Long-term outlook is positive, says survey
BPF survey shows property leaders are confident about economic prospects
