Concrete, Construction and Collapse: What Plunging Material Demand Tells Us About UK Planning
In isolation, a drop in concrete sales might look like a cyclical…
What Property Landlords can learn from Pub Landlords
When pub landlords mobilised against proposed changes to business rates, they did something the private rental sector…
Fast Track and Late Stage Reviews: London Planning Caught in Its Own Policy Trap
The London Mayoral fast track route was intended to bring clarity and momentum to London’s planning system….
You have till midnight Thursday to help make the temporary measures count
Everyone should welcome the Government’s intent around the emergency measures for London and the wider ambition to…
Big Capital, a retrospective
Nearly a decade after the publication of Anna Minton’s book Big Capital, Who Is London For,…
Our friends in the north are not amused at HS2’s messy conclusion
It’s been two years since former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak scrapped HS2 north of Birmingham having lost…
Election heat boils over in Barnet knock backs.
Last week, Barnet Councillors overturned a positive officer recommendation and refused planning permission for a Barratt/ TFL…
The key questions for Britain’s brownfield emergency measures
With a consultation imminent to address the London brownfield crisis, stem the job losses and relocations occurring…
Big capital stuck in UK Capital
Last week we saw another sign of the decapitalisation of the London residential development market with
Everything you have always wanted to know about funding home building (but were afraid to ask)
The UK housing development sector is being decapitalized. Evidence? The thousands of homes in static consents across…
