Piers Wehner
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Bad weather delays salvage of Slade’s yacht
Mike Slade’s stricken yacht has been located by the tug sent to retrieve her, but bad weather makes it unlikely that she will be salvaged before the end of the…
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Fears grow for Slade’s £3m Leopard yacht
Salvage crews have been unable to find Helical Bar managing director Mike Slade’s £3m yacht, Leopard of London (pictured). The news has prompted fears that Leopard may have sunk.
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Crew abandon Mike Slade’s £3m yacht after sea drama
The crew of Helical Bar managing director Mike Slade’s £3m yacht were forced to abandon ship last night after it was swamped by 23ft-high Atlantic waves.
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Mayor calls for solar panels ruling on large developments
Mayor for London Ken Livingstone has demanded that all major developments in the capital use solar panels to generate their energy.
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Consent granted for 263,000 sq ft Sheffield plans
Sheffield council has approved plans for a 263,000 sq ft (24,433 sq m) regeneration scheme in south-west Sheffield. Broadfield Parks, a joint venture between JF Finnegan and Vulcan Estates, has…
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Budget stamp duty changes could cost industry £1bn
Chancellor Gordon Brown could take an extra £1bn from the property industry in the Budget on 17 April, top economists have warned.
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Planning gain registration ordered by Falconer
Legislation to force local authorities to post planning gain agreements on their planning registers has been put forward by planning minister Lord Falconer. .
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DTLR unit will ‘halve’ call-in times
A new division of DTLR’s Planning Directorate has been set up to “slash call-in times by half”. . The Planning Central Casework Division (PCCD) has been created to take on responsibility…
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Livingstone adviser set to direct GLA’s housing policy
Neale Coleman, London mayor Ken Livingstone’s housing adviser, is set to be promoted to the post of executive director for housing.
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Mayor backs Sellar’s London Bridge Tower
London’s mayor Ken Livingstone has given Irvine Sellar’s London Bridge Tower (pictured) the thumbs up, one day after Stephen Byers put the plans on ice.
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Persimmon’s £30m Wandsworth scheme gains consent
Hardwicks Way, Persimmon Homes £30m mixed-use scheme (pictured) in Wandsworth, SW18, has won planning consent. The three-building scheme, designed by Assael Architecture, will provide 37,000 sq ft (3,473 sq m)…
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Chancellor makes commercial property stamp duty pledge
Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown has signalled that stamp duty on commercial schemes in designated deprived areas could be abolished in the next Budget.