The overburdened planning system is putting SME home builders under enormous strain, according to a new report published by Close Brothers Property Finance, the Home Builders...

Grant Leggett, Executive Director at Boyer looks at the importance of natural woodland and how urban greening as an element of site and building design needs to be applied...

David Hall, Associate Director at Boyer, looks back at how planning has changed over the last fifty years, yet proposed solutions to meet its various challenges have not.

David Norman, founder of property development finance lender, Davon looks at the latest government attempt to streamline the planning system.

Paul Johnson, Head of Corporate Sales at Leaders Romans Group looks at the recent changes made to Permitted Development Rights and the new opportunities for owners of commercial...

David Churchill, Partner, Carter Jonas, looks at how a more efficient planning system could greatly help housing delivery in the UK.

Duncan Powell MRTPI, Group Planning Director at Acorn Property Group, looks back at the Autumn Statement and how politics and the planning system are holding back SME developers.

Planning fee hikes of 35% for developments of more than ten homes and 20% for other applications have been healivily criticised by the building industry.

A new report has shared fresh insight into the growth of London’s Build to Rent sector and how inconsistency in the capital’s planning policies could be threatening this.

While the majority of planning approvals are successful, you stand a much better chance of getting the green light depending on where you live, according to new research.