Camden Council has approved Piercy&Company’s proposal for a major regeneration of Camden Lock Market, which will add exhibition space, shopfronts, a canal jetty and a 40m-high ferris wheel
Activists take government to court for ‘watering down’ net-zero garden village
A group of activists is taking the government to court for ‘watering down’ a council’s net zero ambitions for a proposed garden village in Oxfordshire
Buttress appeals rejection of Manchester student housing in ‘war of attrition’
Heritage groups have described as ‘a war of attrition’ Buttress Architects’ appeal against the refusal of its reworked plans for a £58 million student housing block in Manchester city centre
ARB will insist on CPD ‘reflective statements’ despite industry opposition
The ARB has said it will retain a key element of its proposed new continuing professional development (CPD) scheme, despite a backlash from the industry
West End producer given 18 months to knock down ‘fortress-like’ rural home
The government has given the owners of a huge Norfolk house 18 months to knock it down, after they lost an appeal for retrospective planning permission
Mowat & Co wins approval for Hackney haberdashery-to-housing retrofit
Hackney Council has approved Mowat & Company’s transformation of an old haberdashery in Dalston, east London, into flats and a revamped commercial space
Foster + Partners pipped to the post in landmark Florida arts centre contest
Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW) has beaten Foster + Partners in the competition to design a replacement for Florida’s famous Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
3DReid’s Tolworth Tower plans blocked – again
Kingston Council has rejected revised plans by 3DReid to transform Richard Seifert’s Tolworth Tower in Surbiton, south-west London
GPAD blasts planning system for ‘stifling development’ after housing scheme refused
GPAD Architects has hit out after Harrow Council refused its plans for an 18-home project in north-west London, despite the application being tipped for approval
‘Crisis’ in planning recruitment is bottlenecking project starts
A ‘crisis in recruitment’ within local planning authorities has created a bottleneck which is slowing down the progress of projects, according to the Local Government Association (LGA)’s planning expert