Piers Wehner

Spiralling professional indemnity insurance premiums will not be reduced, despite a Law Lords ruling that cut the professions exposure to negligence claims.

Elephant & Castle community groups have slammed Southwark council’s decision to pull the plug on Godfrey Bradman’s £1.5bn regeneration plans. On Monday, the Elephant Links Community Forum (ELCF) passed a…

The government’s proposed reforms of the planning system have been attacked by Cambridge University’s professor of land economy Malcolm Grant. Professor Grant told a committee of MPs this morning that…

Prince Charles has joined the battle to save Bishopsgate Goodsyard in east London from comprehensive redevelopment. Lashing out at London Underground and Railtrack’s plans for the site, the Prince of…

The Law Lords have ruled that surveyors cannot be sued for negligence for bad advice given more than six years beforehand.

An east London sweatshop is to be transformed into a £13m business and cultural centre (pictured). Londons Mayor, Ken Livingstone, and the London Development Agency have given the project £3.7m…

The collapse of Godfrey Bradmans £1.5bn Elephant & Castle project has forced Southwark council to seek a development partner for the rundown Heygate Estate.

Plans to transform Bow Street’s famous police station in WC2 into a museum and office development have been rejected by Westminster council.

English Heritage (EH) has published a report which it claims demonstrates that the East London Line could be extended without demolishing Bishopsgate Goodsyard.

The business sector and the planning profession clashed today over the contentious issue of planning tariffs. Giving evidence to a House of Commons committee inquiry into the planning green paper…