Design not density if you want new homes

Last week the Secretary of State backed his Inspectors and made it clear to the development sector that delivering…

Will First Homes deliver a new generation of homeowners?

Demand for lettings shot up 22% in Great Britain after the lock down according to Rightmove.  It’s a clear…

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…

Jenrick’s red card to the London Plan

In a week where the world was shaken again by the rapid spread and impact of the Coronavirus it…

Aspirations of young Londoners

New research undertaken by the London School of Economics commissioned by Pocket offers some interesting insights into the…

Time to license land traders?

Land traders get a bad name in the property industry.  There’s no way of getting away from it.  Many…