Piers Wehner

Plans for Irvine Sellar’s London Bridge Tower have been put on hold by the Secretary of State. The Government Offices for London has issued an Article 14 “holding order” for…

The RICS has called on the government to draw up a national spatial development strategy as part of its proposals to let parliament decide on major projects.

Planning inquiries will have to be decided within 12 weeks, according to government standards for the Planning Inspectorate. The targets for appeals and called-in applications were announced yesterday in the…

Wilmoor Properties’ plans for a £12m mixed-use scheme (pictured) in Haringey have been given outline consent by Haringey council. The scheme, in Green Lanes, Haringey, N4, will include 105,000 sq…

The RICS has recommended that derelict housing and inner city slums are bulldozed and replaced with parks. The RICS said that parks, could help the regeneration of the UK’s most…

Plans to redevelop Lots Road power station in south west London as 500 flats have been rejected by Kensington and Chelsea council.

The North of England needs between £6bn and £8bn to stop its inner cities from becoming a “devastated no man’s land”.

The National Audit Office has raised concerns that the NHS is not realising the full value of its property portfolio. In a report to government, the NAO said that better…

London’s commercial and residential property face the risk of catastrophic flooding unless the city’s antiquated drainage systems are improved to cope with more frequent summer thunderstorms.

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has voiced opposition to the Government’s proposed planning tariff. The JRF fears that the tariff might actually lead to fewer affordable homes being built, as a…

English Partnerships (EP) has named Margaret Ford as its next chair, alongside publication of part one of the official review of the regeneration company’s role.