Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, last night published his draft London Plan for consultation, setting out a framework for the development of London to 2031. As expected, the plan builds on Boris’s paper ‘Planning for a Better London’, published last year and follows on from the introduction of the controversial Crossrail Levy which has already [...]
PPS achieved not one but two planning consents at the planning applications committee in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea on Tuesday 21 April.
Speaking after the Committee, PPS London Director Nick Sutcliffe said: “It was excellent to get committee approval for two high profile and controversial planning proposals on the same night. We do [...]
The Chancellor of the Exchequer today delivered his second – and potentially penultimate - Budget. Much of the Budget had previously been trailed in the press with pre-emptory briefings taking place all over Whitehall as a means of both damage limitation and managing expectations. Whereas some budgets are ‘Family Budgets’, others are ‘Business Budgets’, some are [...]
Involved in airports, ports, railways or roads? Then you will want to attend a seminar being run by PPS and SJ Berwin on the new planning regime for major transport infrastructure.
Guest speaker will be Patrick Erwin, Head of the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC) implementation team at the DCLG. The discussion will explore how companies [...]