All Planning & policy articles – Page 12
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OnlineSchroder European REIT appoints Beddy to board
Schroder European Real Estate Investment Trust has appointed Mark Beddy as an independent non-executive director of the company.
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NewsCBRE says obsolete office conversions offer lifeline for London residential market
Converting London’s secondhand, vacant office stock could plug an urgent housing shortfall in the capital, creating an estimated 28,000 new homes, CBRE has calculated.
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NewsMordaunt confirms Renters’ Reform Bill to have second reading next week
Leader of the House of Commons Penny Mordaunt has confirmed the long-awaited Renters’ Reform Bill (RRB) will have its second reading next week on Monday (23 October), following rumours it was set to be delayed again.
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OnlineRICS publishes new ‘evolution’ of UK valuation rules
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has introduced new mandatory rotation rules for valuations after publishing an updated UK segment of its ‘Red Book’ master document for the profession globally.
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OnlineIndustry calls for ‘greater strategic planning’ for freight and logistics
Freight and logistics experts are urging the government to implement greater strategic planning for the sector so that it can meet the growing need for efficient deliveries on a local and national level.
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NewsSupreme Court rules Tate’s Blavatnik tower invades adjacent residents’ privacy
A long-running legal feud between the Tate Modern and residents of adjacent luxury flats has concluded with the Supreme Court ruling that the viewing platform at the gallery invades residents’ privacy.
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OnlineHigh Court quashes developer’s planning permission in housing crisis-hit town
A local social enterprise developer with planning permission for a housing development in Frome has successfully challenged Somerset Council’s consent to a larger rival scheme in the High Court.
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NewsHousing ‘front and centre’ at the Labour Party Conference
New towns, 1.5 million new homes and collaboration were themes at last week’s conference in Liverpool.
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NewsQ&A: Get Living’s de Blaby on paradox of BTR sector growth
Speaking at Labour conference, the BTR giant’s CEO says expansion is ‘devilishly hard’ despite adequate capital.
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OnlineRICS elects Maclean to senior vice president
Nicholas Maclean has been elected as the next RICS senior vice president for the institution’s 2024 presidential team.
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NewsNIC report urges planning reform and investment to modernise infrastructure
A government report has set out the pressing need for planning reform to help drive the modernisation of infrastructure to support economic growth and climate action over the next 30 years.
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InsightPrime minister needs to match words with action
Editor: To make substantial change to housing scarcity, we should be overhauling both our strategy and regulations in a number of key areas – not least by beginning to fix our broken planning system.
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NewsBTR360: Lack of clarity on second staircases cuts developers’ pipelines in half
A lack of detail on government plans to mandate a second staircase in buildings over 18 metres has cut developers’ pipelines in half, delegates at Property Week’s inaugural BTR360 conference and awards heard yesterday.
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InsightFORE Partnership’s Basil Demeroutis on the bonfire of politics
The storms lashing our economy have been mirrored by the battering the green transformation has taken these last few weeks. Grasping a straw from the Uxbridge by-election, prime minister Rishi Sunak has retreated on, well, just about everything
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NewsQ&A: Rachel Maclean on the government’s planning and housing priorities
Housing minister discusses the unfairness of the current system and improvements to the rental sector.
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NewsExperts welcome strong focus on housing at Tory conference
Property industry heavyweights pleased to see housing ‘higher on the political agenda’ than in previous years.
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NewsHS2 Euston: Sunak repeatedly blocked requests for developer contributions
Rishi Sunak repeatedly blocked proposals to involve private finance in the development of HS2’s Euston station while chancellor, it has emerged.
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NewsStarmer promises ‘next gen’ of new towns and 1.5m new homes
Labour leader Keir Starmer has promised to build the “next generation of Labour new towns” in a pledge to develop 1.5m homes, as the party looks to tackle planning blockages and make use of low-quality greenbelt space.
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NewsBTR 360: Unintended consequences from RRB could ‘hurt’ BTR sector
The Renters Reform Bill could “really hurt” the build to rent (BTR) sector, with unintended consequences affecting investors and renters, attendees at Property Week’s BTR360 conference were warned today (10 October).
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OnlineBrighton to get brownfield housebuilding boost under Labour leadership, conference panel hears
Bella Sankey, the recently elected leader of Brighton and Hove City council, said she intends to “ramp up” housebuilding in the city on brownfield sites.
