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15 August 2024
From: Breaking News
![New Bristol resi investment hopes to bolster Build To Rent sector](/upload/images/shutterstock_662011453.jpg)
Build To Rent developer, investor and operator PLATFORM_ has acquired a 1.8-acre riverside site in the centre of Bristol for a...
06 August 2024
From: Breaking News
![Sweat Equity - innovative investment scheme for affordable homes](/upload/images/24%2006%2006%20%2003.jpg)
A new self-build housing development in the Gower will be led and part built by the community, following a grant from...
06 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Once-In-A-Lifetime investment proposal for massive city centre project](/upload/images/24%2003%2019%20%2005.jpg)
Proposals to deliver a “once in a lifetime” regeneration of Glasgow’s Charing Cross have taken a step forward with the submission...
19 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![RVG announces £2bn plan for 5,000 new homes in a decade](/upload/images/RVG%20announces%20%C2%A32bn%20plan%20to%20build%205000%20new%20homes%20-%20PIT.jpg)
Retirement Villages Group (RVG), owned by AXA IM Alts, has revealed the concept for its future collection of Integrated Retirement Communities,...
30 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Untold Living tells of 64-unit retirement village](/upload/images/Untold%20Living%20tells%20of%2064%20unit%20retirement%20villiage%20Untitled.png)
Untold Living, a new later living developer and operator, has received backing from Matter Real Estate to acquire and develop multiple...
02 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Affordable East London house scheme coming soon](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/pocketliving400x310.jpg)
Developer of affordable housing, Pocket Living, recently submitted a planning application for 74 homes targetted towards first-time buyers. The properties are adjacent...
15 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Packaged Living enters joint venture to develop BTR portfolio](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-400x310.png)
Specialist UK Build to Rent (BTR) investor, Packaged Living, has entered a new joint venture with USAA Real Estate (USAARE). The joint...
11 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Planning submitted for proposed scheme next to Salts Mill World Heritage Site](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/SaltaireRiverside-400x310.jpg)
Following a major planning application to Bradford Council, a ‘spectacular vision’ to transform a vacant office block on the edge of the...
02 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![£800m sustainable mixed-use neighbourhood coming to Blackhorse Lane](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/developmentblackhorse.jpg)
Uplands Business Park on Blackhorse Lane in London will undergo some exciting changes in summer 2024. NEAT Developments and BlackRock Real Assets...
19 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Planning for a mixed use development in Leeds is submitted to Council](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/sweetstreet400x310.jpg)
Build-to-rent (BTR) developer and operator, PLATFORM_, recently submitted a planning application to Leeds City Council. The submission included plans to build a 1.3...
14 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Dear Prime Minister: A planning & environmental wish list from Irwin Mitchell](/upload/images/library/PlanningImage-400x310.jpg)
Following Liz Truss’s victory last week, Nicola Gooch and Claire Petricca-Riding of Irwin Mitchell have put the below together as to...
14 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Oh Dear! Latest figures show planning applications in England plummet](/upload/images/Logos/NAPB400x310.png)
In the first quarter of this year, the number of planning applications received by councils in England has fallen by almost...
17 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Could modular homes solve the housing crisis?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/ModularHomes-1-400x310.jpg)
The average UK house price hit a fresh high in May, rising for the 11th month in a row, according to...
08 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Clowes Developments – who are Derby County FC’s proposed new owners?](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/DerbyCounty400x310.png)
Not for the first time, the worlds of property and football have collided with the proposed takeover of beleaguered Derby County...
01 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Major firms continue to invest in the PRS – what’s the latest?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-1-400x310.jpg)
The UK private rented sector has become increasingly attractive to institutional, large-scale investors in recent years as returns on investment elsewhere...
29 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Insight: Could the post-Covid construction boom be over?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-housing1400x310.png)
The number of planning approvals dipped in April and appears to have continued into May, signalling the end of the post-Covid...
24 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Looking for planning approval? Here are the best and worst locations for investors](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/BuildingPapersPlans-400x310.jpg)
The best locations for planning permission approval across the UK have been revealed by new analysis carried out by Townscape Architects. The...
17 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Why suburban Build to Rent is the one to watch](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Houses-Row-2019-400x310.jpg)
The Build to Rent (BTR) market has traditionally focused primarily on young professionals, with developments generally comprising apartment blocks with bolt-ons...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – £40m raised and the success of MMoA](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
This week’s mini roundup involves successful results for Allsop, which raised £40 million worth of sales in its May auction and...
20 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Plans for 280-home development in Radcliffe-on-Trent announced by Spitfire](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PlanningImage-400x310.jpg)
Radcliffe-on-Trent is set for 280 'quality' new homes courtesy of housebuilder Spitfire Homes, after it acquired a site with outline planning...
06 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Planning update – approval for homes in Hastings, Manchester & Norfolk](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyMarket-2-400x310-min.jpg)
In this mini update, PIT looks at the latest in planning applications, with affordable factory-built homes in Hastings, high-quality homes anticipated...
30 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Insight: How affordable housing targets can be reached](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Housing-1-400x310.jpg)
Here, Giles Sutcliffe, head of affordable housing at Cluttons, shares his insight on what is needed in order to achieve affordable...
16 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![TfL funding fiasco – huge numbers of new homes at risk, says Assembly member](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Labour-logo400x310.png)
Labour’s London Assembly planning spokesperson has claimed that much-needed new homes will remain unbuilt and potential jobs unfilled without long-term investment...
04 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Permission granted – planning approvals for new homes bounce back](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PlanningImage-400x310.jpg)
While the level of new homes being granted planning permission dipped during the first year of the pandemic, this negative trend...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Council launches development firm to boost number of new Manchester homes](/upload/images/Locations/ManchesterMap-400x310.jpg)
A housing development company wholly owned by Manchester City Council was formally launched late last week (Friday February 4) in order...
07 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Developer acquires three key London commuter sites for resi development](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/build-to-rent400x310.png)
Galliard has purchased three major London commuter sites, which together have a combined GDV (gross development value) of approximately £265 million,...
28 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Dev roundup – 10-year milestones, suburban BTR and new-build loans](/upload/images/library/DevelopmentRoundup-400x310.png)
This week’s development roundup highlights the latest in development and investment, from Elevate Property Group’s decade-long run and Legal & General’s...
24 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Polka dots and stripes: why the UK shouldn’t mix politics with planning](/upload/images/library/Housebuilders-400x310.jpg)
Things that don’t mix well? Polka dots and stripes, planning and politics. The run-up to an election is usually an uncertain...
17 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Plans submitted for major new Glasgow waterside BTR scheme](/upload/images/Locations/LancefieldQuayDevelopment-400x310.jpg)
The seemingly endless growth of Build to Rent continues unabated, with the new partnership of Moda Living, Osborne + Co and MRP recently...
20 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – partnerships, promotions, and peculiar lots](/upload/images/library/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
As we approach the end of another turbulent year, PIT takes a look at the latest auction news; iamsold partners with...
10 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![South Kensington development plans rejected in major win for local residents](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/SOS-Logo-400x310.jpg)
On Thursday night last week, it was announced that the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea's Planning Committee had voted unanimously,...
22 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Eco property – first phase of 439-home green scheme near Northampton](/upload/images/Site%20logos/GreenPropertyPITlogo.jpg)
Despite COP26 now being finished, sustainability and the race towards net zero remain high up on the agenda, with PIT receiving...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Development – will tall towers now be a thing of the past?](/upload/images/Locations/London400x310.jpg)
For quite a number of years, the sky has literally been the limit for new residential, commercial and tourism-based towers –...
12 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![How to achieve implementable planning permission](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyDevelopment-2-400x310.jpg)
In this guest piece, Ufuk Bahar - founder of multi-disciplinary architecture practice, Urbanist Architecture, which specialises in maximising the ROI and viability of...
12 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Eco update – sustainable schemes in Somerset, Hampshire and London](/upload/images/library/GreenEnvironment-400x310.png)
This development update is environmentally focused, with 51 high-quality schemes coming to Somerset, 120 net-zero homes suited for the retired community and...
27 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Ballymore mixed-use development in the royal docks is on the way](/upload/images/UNEX.jpg)
Property developer Ballymore recently submitted a planning application for its latest major mixed-use quarter. The new development will be located on...
25 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Insight - a closer look at off-plan property investing](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-housing1400x310.png)
The UK has a longstanding problem with housing. A shortfall in available and viable land in areas with investment potential is...
25 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Planning update – green homes coming to Yorkshire and Borehamwood](/upload/images/library/PlanningImage-400x310.jpg)
Leading housebuilder Harron Homes Yorkshire has submitted planning application to Barnsley Metropolitan Council for 236 new homes. The proposals will regenerate a...
20 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![The Student Hotel - Scotland’s largest 500-room hotel is on the way](/upload/images/The%20groundbreaking%20at%20Candleriggs%201.jpg)
Candleriggs Square is undergoing a £300 million transformation that is the first of its kind in the UK. Plans for the The...
17 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![How site sourcing is being transformed by big data](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/BusinessResults-400x310-.jpg)
An effective method for sourcing and obtaining sites is critical to the success of any property developer. Starting construction on a...
08 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Developers are granted £150m to deliver West Bar scheme](/img/default/pit.png)
The West Bar development in Sheffield has been granted full planning approval meaning that construction work can begin within a few months....
23 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Regional update – Sheffield and Nottingham to receive major schemes](/img/default/pit.png)
A national property developer with a focus on residential, commercial and mixed-use schemes, in partnership with both the public and private...
20 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Development update – colossal schemes and a city within a city](/img/default/pit.png)
Scarborough Group International (SGI) has submitted two reserved matters planning applications and a revised outline planning application for the next significant...
18 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![The rebuild of Holloway Prison – why are there campaigns against the plans?](/img/default/pit.png)
A number of community-led campaign groups are calling for a landmark Women’s Building and social housing on the former Holloway Prison...
16 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - how to pick the right property development project](/img/default/pit.png)
A small project in property development industry terms can be quite literally life-changing from a personal income point of view. But...
07 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![The Smithfield Birmingham – what is the development all about?](/img/default/pit.png)
A major new development in Birmingham reached a significant milestone yesterday as Lendlease and the City Council finalised a joint venture...
30 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Save our South Kensington! Campaign forces TfL and partner to change plans](/img/default/pit.png)
A campaign against major development changes to the area surrounding South Kensington station in Central London has secured a major win in...
09 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![A day in the life of a land and planning developer](/img/default/pit.png)
Property Investor Today gains insight from Dudley Mills, land and planning director of property developers Kebbell, to uncover what the role is...
28 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![PBSA plans – high-quality living set for Nottingham and the Netherlands](/img/default/pit.png)
A residential and commercial property developer has submitted proposals for a 692-unit purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme in Nottingham city centre. Godwin...
10 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![A new way of living - will Nottingham be the first true 15-minute city?](/img/default/pit.png)
Since the onset of the pandemic, the concept of the 15-minute city has come to the forefront more than ever, with...
19 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – April action sees historic lots and record wins](/img/default/pit.png)
This week, Property Investor Today looks at the historic lots on offer at Network Auctions and Pugh, as well as a...
16 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![PropTech – digitising applications and ‘first of its kind’ agent platform launches](/img/default/pit.png)
Tech company The Future Fox has received funding from Innovate UK and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to...
29 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Can the high street be saved by residential redevelopment?](/img/default/pit.png)
Like many other things, the high street developed over time as small residential settlements became towns, with more people coming to...
22 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Insight – are cities investment dead-zones or will they bounce back post-Covid?](/img/default/pit.png)
Since the coronavirus crisis began, there has been lots of talk about the death of the city-centre as people seek more...
17 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Roundup – Liverpool’s £100m waterfront project & new BTR scheme in Sheffield](/img/default/pit.png)
Liverpool-based global property developer Romal Capital has reinforced its commitment to Liverpool’s Central Docks by committing £100 million to transform the derelict brownfield...
17 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Update – Sheffield regen, RAF ‘garden village’ and Bloomsbury office to resi](/img/default/pit.png)
In this bumper development roundup, PIT explores regeneration projects in Sheffield, office to residential conversions in high-end Bloomsbury and schemes providing...
05 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![PBSA operators must provide a student-first solution to match soaring demand](/img/default/pit.png)
In a year of tumultuous uncertainty, where the headwinds of Covid-19 bore a number of new realities and decimated others, some...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![BTR roundup – developers aim for zero carbon and L&G expands its portfolio](/img/default/pit.png)
Fast-growing Build to Rent company Moda Living has joined FOOTPRINT as a founding member, pledging its commitment to net zero carbon. FOOTPRINT is...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Development roundup – Staines, Digbeth, London and Worthing](/img/default/pit.png)
In this bumper development roundup - the final one of the year - we explore the planned creation of new developments and...
18 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Retail to resi – rising number of conversion applications are being rejected](/img/default/pit.png)
One of the biggest property investment trends of the year, driven by the pandemic and the devastation this has caused for...
18 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Do rushed planning reforms risk damaging the physical environment?](/img/default/pit.png)
In this opinion piece, Elizabeth Osborne - a legal director at Ashfords Solicitors - asks whether the government's proposed planning reforms will be dangerous...
16 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Insight: how will Brexit affect the UK property market?](/img/default/pit.png)
As the clock ticks ever closer to the end of the transition period, and the start of post-Brexit Britain from January,...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Are we approaching the end of the road for HMOs?](/img/default/pit.png)
You may have heard people say that as the coronavirus continues and a possible recession approaches, this spells the end of the...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Part 1: retail to residential – has John Lewis set a precedent?](/img/default/pit.png)
The high street was already struggling before the pandemic, but Covid-19 has perhaps sent it into terminal decline. High streets in major...
28 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Building onwards and upwards - what do investors need to know?](/img/default/pit.png)
With changes to the use class system and permitted development rights now in force, Christina Daniels and Marisia Beard of leading law firm...
30 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Green property - local authority enables nitrate neutral regeneration](/img/default/pit.png)
A unique site in Havant has been visited by Environment Minister Rebecca Pow after its borough council became the first local...
16 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Capital regeneration - former London hotel and pub set to become 514 flats](/img/default/pit.png)
The former Master Brewer Hotel in Hillingdon, which has been left vacant since 2012, has taken a step closer to being...
09 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![What are the pros and cons of brownfield sites for self-builders?](/img/default/pit.png)
We know the government has made a real commitment to pushing the redevelopment of brownfield land, and recent research reveals that...
02 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Development round-up: Notts scheme closer, new PBSA site in Edinburgh](/img/default/pit.png)
One of the biggest city centre regeneration schemes in the UK moved a step closer last week (July 24) as a...
31 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Maidstone regeneration – renovation of iconic 1930s house moves closer](/img/default/pit.png)
A privately-owned property development company is aiming to take a step closer to bringing a well-known Maidstone landmark back into the...
17 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Moda Living submits plans for £258m Birmingham development](/img/default/pit.png)
Even in these troubled times, development work is still ongoing where it is safe and possible to do so, as evidenced...
01 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Eco property - do all options need to be on the table for green developments?](/img/default/pit.png)
One of the very few silver linings of the current coronavirus pandemic has been the seemingly positive impact lockdowns across the...
27 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Green news – developer rescues eco-scheme and Bristol the UK's greenest city](/img/default/pit.png)
Developer Southern Grove has rescued out of receivership a site that was supposed to host the world’s most sustainable residential tower. The...
16 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Regeneration: former biscuit factory to be transformed into 1,500 homes](/img/default/pit.png)
Under plans approved this week by Jules Pipe, the Deputy Mayor for Planning, Regeneration and Skills, the site of a former...
28 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Women in Property Investment – finding buyers the right home to invest in](/img/default/pit.png)
In this week’s Women in Property Investment, we speak with Gemma Thomas, buying adviser for the northern Home Counties at Middleton...
31 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![What would Everton’s new stadium mean for Goodison Park?](/img/default/pit.png)
Goodison Park, the home of Everton FC since 1892, is set to be converted into ‘high-quality, affordable housing’ and other uses...
03 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![London regeneration – will Meridian Water be a game-changer?](/img/default/pit.png)
In the penultimate part of this ongoing series on the capital’s regeneration hotspots, Property Investor Today explores one of North London’s...
27 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![London regeneration: what is the Canada Water Masterplan?](/img/default/pit.png)
In the latest part of our series on London’s regeneration hotspots, Property Investor Today finds out more about the dramatic plans...
13 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Is NIMBYism on the rise again?](/img/default/pit.png)
New research from Churchill Home Insurance has revealed that nearly two million people have complained about planning permission applications since the...
30 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Planning application submitted for regeneration of key Hillingdon site](/img/default/pit.png)
More new homes are set to be delivered to West London after Inland Homes, a specialist developer of brownfield regeneration projects,...
02 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![London regeneration – Elephant & Castle: from shabby to chic?](/img/default/pit.png)
In the latest part of our series focusing on London’s regeneration hotspots, Property Investor Today zones in on the ongoing transformation...
25 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Shop conversions ‘stubbornly low’ despite growing retail vacancy rates](/img/default/pit.png)
The number of retail properties approved for conversions to residential property has fallen 17% in the last year, from 453 in...
21 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![South East London set to experience house price boost, says JLL](/img/default/pit.png)
Property prices in South East London are set to increase faster than much of Greater London thanks to significant regeneration throughout...
31 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Britain’s ‘unluckiest’ building goes up for auction](/img/default/pit.png)
A property in Swansea ‘beset with bad’ luck from the start is going under the hammer in London at the end...
10 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Planning permission more likely to be approved in affluent London boroughs](/img/default/pit.png)
London boroughs with an average house price of over £1 million are more likely to have planning permissions approved, according to...
22 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![More planning permissions granted than in 2007](/img/default/pit.png)
Successful planning applications in England are up 6% since 2007, according to fresh data from Pure Commercial Finance. Planning for a major...
01 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Proposals put forward for Bournemouth’s Winter Gardens site](/img/default/pit.png)
The rejuvenation plans for one of Bournemouth’s most famous locations have moved a step closer after the submission of a planning...
20 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![London has opportunity to boost significantly the supply of housing](/img/default/pit.png)
There has been record number of planning applications to build new homes in London this year, giving the city a genuine...
30 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Go-ahead given for 2,750 new homes in West Sussex](/img/default/pit.png)
Plans have been approved for the construction of 2,750 new homes, as part of a new community development in the West...
01 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Scotland has a ‘mountain’ to climb to solve its housing crisis](/img/default/pit.png)
Housebuilders may never meet the demand for housing north of the border due to the various challenges that they face when...
15 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![New plans for waterside development as part of £5.5bn regeneration scheme](/img/default/pit.png)
A planning application has been submitted by Peel Land and the Regenda Group to develop a £21m residential tower as part...
06 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Planning fee rise will not boost delivery of much needed new homes](/img/default/pit.png)
The housebuilding industry has opposed plans by the Scottish government to raise the maximum fee level for planning applications to £125,000...
03 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Plans for £175m regeneration scheme set for approval](/img/default/pit.png)
Plans for a £175m mixed-use regeneration project on West Bar in Sheffield, which will create 1.4m sq ft of space fronting...
11 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Planning system continues to slow housing delivery](/img/default/pit.png)
With the number of new homes being built across the UK still significantly below the level needed to meet demand, housebuilders...
21 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Plans approved for £100m regeneration scheme in Wolverton](/img/default/pit.png)
Wolverton Works, a £100m regeneration project which will be located in the constituent town of Milton Keynes, has received planning permission St....
24 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Sharp rise in number of new homes built](/img/default/pit.png)
The number of new homes recorded in England has increased to its highest level since the financial crash, official figures have...
16 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Planning consents fall short](/img/default/pit.png)
The government has been accused of 'failing to put its money where its mouth is' when it comes to housing after...
19 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Sharp rise in new housing approvals in London](/img/default/pit.png)
More than two-thirds of planning applications for the construction of new homes in London were approved during the second quarter of...