A 14% cut in planning services won’t help solve housing shortage
You hear developers often complain about the quality of the planning service. These complaints are usually matched by local…
A virtual goodbye?
It came as a surprise to many when just over a week ago the Government decided to call time…
To cities with love
Sometimes a shock to the system has unexpected benefits. UK cities have been hurt by the pandemic and there…
Mapleton Crescent shows innovation and quality is still out there
Last week Pocket Living’s Mapleton Crescent won the RICS Social Impact Award 2020 for Best Residential Project. There…
The Wednesday Special
What a Wednesday it has turned out to be thanks to our friends in Whitehall. There has been a…
What now for planning reform?
Pre-lockdown there was much talk from Government of ambitious planning reform. An indication of the kind of posture we…
Property development and the post-Covid recovery
There has been much talk of the kind of recovery the UK is likely to experience once the threat…
COVID-19: how the property development sector is managing
This week’s incremental lock down of the UK economy is posing numerous challenges for the property development sector. Here…
Aspirations of young Londoners
New research undertaken by the London School of Economics commissioned by Pocket offers some interesting insights into the…
Housing could be the decider in this Christmas election
Election time yet again. Whilst the Conservatives will seek to place this one in the context of the Government’s…
