Piers Wehner
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Planners ask for more resources to hit DLTR deadlines
Planners have called for more resources to be given to planning authorities, and have questioned DTLR Minister Lord Falconers enforcement of an eight-week deadline on decisions.
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Critics attack sale of central London police housing
The Mayor for London and the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) have been attacked for their decision to sell former police housing in central London to the highest bidder for £25m.
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Livingstone warned over London flooding dangers
London’s tall buildings and tube trains could be seriously damaged if Mayor Ken Livingstone does not address flooding in his London Plan, according to research body GARDIT.
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Report highlights drop in agricultural land values
Short supply and high residential values are hiding the full extent of a decline in agricultural land values, according to a recent study by Strutt & Parker. .
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NHS Estates private-public bidding war begins
Over 135 companies have bid to enter a private-public partnership with NHS Estates. The successful candidate will create a joint venture with the Government, provisionally branded Inventures.
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Slough tops UK’s industrial rent league
Slough is top of the rent league table for industrial space, but London is still in the lead for retail rent, according to Jones Lang LaSalle’s (JLL) latest survey of…
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Cluttons/IPD report on tough 2000 for London residential
Returns on central London residential property investment for the year 2000 were the second worst in the last five years – but the sector is still going strong, according to…
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Centros Miller to double the size of Bury St Edmunds town centre
Centros Miller is drawing up plans for a site in Bury St Edmunds which will double the size of the town centre.
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Government gives green light for Bristol supermarket
Stephen Byers has cleared Panther Securities’ controversial plans for a supermarket in Bristol. The DTLR had called in the 6,500 sq m (69,000 sq ft) food store on Symes Avenue,…
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Planners welcome Falconer’s attack on decision delays
Leading planners have welcomed Lord Falconer’s call to shake-up the planning process, but have questioned whether simply enforcing the “eight week” target on planning decisions is appropriate.
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Safeland forms self-storage venture with Italian investors
Larry Lipman’s Safeland has formed a joint venture with Italian investment group KDC to operate a self-storage business in Europe. The British property company will pay ¬400,000 (£235,294) for a…
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Planning applications rise in North but fall in London
The Government’s quarterly review of planning applications has shown a marked increase in applications received in the North of England, but a decline in London.