Piers Wehner
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Lovell/Guiness Trust win race for £40m Bow housing scheme
Tower Hamlets Housing Action Trust (HAT) has selected Lovell and the Guinness Trust to build a £40m housing development in Bow, E3.
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Wessex Water centre named RICS building of the year
Wessex Water Operations Centre (pictured) near Bath won the ‘building of the year’ award at last night’s 11th annual RICS awards.
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Falconer rejects calls for tall buildings guidance
The government will not issue national guidance on tall buildings, despite pressure from local authorities and conservation groups. Speaking at the House of Commons Urban Affairs sub-committee, planning minister Lord…
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MPs call for abolition of VAT on brownfield land
MPs have called for VAT on brownfield land to be abolished to boost the regeneration of run-down inner-city areas. The call came in a Commons regeneration debate on Friday as…
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Livingstone slates Berkeley’s ‘missed opportunity’
Mayor of London Ken Livingstone has launched a scathing attack on Berkeley Homes’ plans for a 270-flat residential scheme on the banks of the River Thames.
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Coppergate Inquiry: CABE condemns LandSec scheme
CABE has slammed Land Securities’ plans for a £60m shopping centre in the heart of York. Speaking on behalf of the architecture watchdog at the inquiry into LandSec’s Coppergate Riverside…
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RICS warns of ‘complicated’ planning system reforms
The RICS is warning that the government’s proposed “simplified planning system” could prove to be far more complicated. In its official response to the Planning Green Paper, which was published…
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MPs criticise government plans for London Underground
MPs have warned the government not to go ahead with the part privatisation of London Underground. In a House of Commons Transport Select Committee report published today, just twenty-four hours…
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BPF attacks planners over ‘commercial viability’
Planning authorities should not make judgements on the ‘commercial viability’ of tall buildings, the BPF has told MPs. Speaking at the House of Commons urban affairs sub-committee on tall buildings…
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RICS calls for govt to widen stamp duty exemption plans
Stamp duty should be abolished on more residential property and on all commercial property in deprived areas, according to the RICS.
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GE Capital makes Piani president of Real Estate Europe
Olivier Piani has become president of GE Capital Real Estate Europe. The move is one of a raft appointments prompted by the promotion of the group’s previous president Jeff Malehorn…
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Opposition weighs up planning dissent
The government faces strong opposition from the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats over a centrepiece of its planning green paper. The opposition parties are considering adopting the controversial third-party rights of…