Piers Wehner

Britain’s urban renaissance is being held up by the lack of public sector leadership in cities and planning authorities’ suspicion of developers, according to leading regeneration figures.

Westminster City Council has told the West End’s leisure industry that its controversial A3 policies are the only remedy for “a city at bursting point”.

The proposed £1.5bn regeneration of Elephant & Castle, SE1, has been further delayed by a rival snatching an important part of the site.

Chartered surveyors could suffer in a downturn because of their undisciplined approach to winning new clients, a new report is warning.

The T5 planning inquiry would have been shorter if the Government had clear policies on major infrastructure projects, DTLR ministers are claiming.

CNC Properties has acquired Grand Union Office Parks, its joint venture with Channel Hotels & Properties (CHAPS), and sold four office buildings from the portfolio to Allied Commercial Holdings.

Planning and legal figures have applauded the Government’s ruling in favour of a fifth terminal at Heathrow, but said that T5’s lengthy gestation highlighted flaws in the planning system.

Railway enthusiast Crake Simpson, founder of North Eastern Railway, has announced plans for a £55m leisure and commercial scheme at Tyne Park in Gateshead.

The government’s decision to haul Raitrack into administration has cast a long shadow over the Victoria office market in London, according to research by Cluttons.

The British Property Federation (BPF) has warned the government not to raise stamp duty on commercial property. The warning was prompted by growing fears that the Chancellor may use next…