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TfL searches for EV charging partner

Transport for London, through its property subsidiary, Place for London Ltd, has issued an...

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Apache Capital is consulting on revised plans for Kingston Gate

With revised plans, Apache Capital is consulting on redeveloping the Canbury Road Site in...

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Brent targets 1,000 EV chargers with help from Uber and Zest

Brent, Zest, and Uber have partnered to provide 160 new on-street electric vehicle (EV) charging...

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Berkeley’s Green Quarter celebrates National Tree Week

Berkeley’s, The Green Quarter, Southall is celebrating its bio-diverse success in National...

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Hillingdon find new home for Wealdstone FC

Hillingdon Council has agreed to set aside an 18-acre plot of land in north Hillingdon to enable...

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Battersea home receives extensive makeover for £25k pm rental

Award-winning interior design studio Black & Milk’s reworking of Pico House is breathing...

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Wandsworth refuse Wimbledon plans

Wandsworth Council has refused the All England Tennis Club (AELTC) proposals to expand using the...

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Richmond invest £7m in Ham Close community facilities

Richmond Council is investing nearly £7m to bring much-needed community facilities to Ham as part...

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Twickenham Greggs site approval greeted by local councillors

​Richmond Planning Committee has overturned the recommendation of the planning officers to refuse...

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Earls Court updates its masterplan

Updated proposals for central London’s largest cleared development site have been set out by The...

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London Square partners with PIC to invest £50m

Pension Insurance Corporation plc (PIC), a specialist insurer of defined benefit pension schemes,...

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Hammersmith launches green investment fund

Hammersmith & Fulham Council (H&F) is set to launch the UK’s biggest-ever green...

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Wandsworth planners knock back Wimbledon Plans

The Wandsworth planning team have recommended the refusal of the Wimbledon ( All England Lawn...

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Twickenham Riverside Trust (TRT) loses the plot

​The planning inspector, Peter Rose, on 9 November 2023, ruled in favour of Richmond Council...

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Hounslow’s flagship regen takes another step

Hounslow Council’s Cabinet has taken a vital step towards delivering 209 new homes at...

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Topping out completed by ARC and Keir at the Refinery, Hammersmith

Advanced Research Clusters (ARC) and Kier have hosted a topping-out ceremony at ARC West London’s...

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Wandsworth adds largest new park since the Olympics

Springfield park will be the largest (32 acres) new park created in London since the 2012...

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Knight Frank sells £25m GDV in Nine Elms

Acting on behalf of Westbrook Whitfield, the Residential Development Land team of global property...

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Ealing consults on Northolt’s Green Ring

Ealing Council have invited residents to consult on plans to make parks and green spaces in the...

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Hillingdon launches Housing Buy Back Scheme

Hillingdon Council plans to launch its Housing Buy Back Scheme on Saturday, 4 November, at 10 a.m....

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Ealing happy with additional fire safety and improved public realm in Southall

The final approval by Ealing Council Planning Committee (1 November 2023) was for another scheme,...

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BTR more attractive than hotels in Ealing

Ealing Council Planning Committee has unanimously approved the 116 home Build To Rent (BTR) scheme...

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Clarion Housing adds additional staircases for revised approval in Ealing

In the first of three significant proposals, the Ealing Planning Committee, 1 November 2023,...

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Warehouses approved on the green belt in Hillingdon

Hillingdon Council planning committee has approved developing the former Merck Sharpe Dohme (MSD)...

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Kingston appoints Davies White to design memorial gardens

Kingston Council and Kingston First are continuing their partnership to improve spaces across...

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AELTC Fifteen love up in Wimbledon extension

Merton Council has approved the proposals to extend Wimbledon into the former Wimbledon Park Golf...

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Wandsworth approves Springfield Village amendment

Wandsworth Council planning has approved an amendment to the planning submission for plots P &...

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Stonebridge Place approved as a Wembley Landmark

Avanton & Canada Israel secured planning permission for Stonebridge Place a new landmark...

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Kingston to launch Smart Infrastructure

Kingston Council and Boldyn Networks have been awarded £250k of government funding to deploy...

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Hounslow agrees £6.15m investment in new homes for care leavers

Hounslow Council’s Cabinet has approved the investment of £6.15m to develop new suitable homes for...

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Ealing embraces the circular economy

A new reuse and repair site, the first of its kind in London, will be launched in Acton in 2024....

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Hurlington reconfigure Bollo Place for students

Hurlington has had updated proposals for Bollo Place (1 Stirling Road / 1 – 9 Colville Road and 67...

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Imperial College expands White City Campus

Imperial College has received planning permission for a new student accommodation building on Plot...

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Brent and Hill partner to deliver 125 new homes

Brent partnered with Sovereign Network Group to appoint award-winning housebuilder The Hill Group...

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Hounslow rolls out YEEP! lockers

Working with YEEP! lockers, Hounslow Council’s new Neighbourhood Parcel Locker Network was...

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All England Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon extension recommended for approval

​The proposal to transform Wimbledon Park Golf Club into an extension of the All England Lawn...

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Notting Hill Genesis given go ahead for St Clares, Hampton Hill

Richmond Planning Committee has approved the demolition and redevelopment of the St Clares...

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Sales at Hurlingham Waterfront reach £60m

​Multi-use property developer Rockwell has reported impressive sales for its luxury property...

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Hounslow Council issues statement on Morrisons development, Brentford

Hounslow Council issues statement on the road safety measures that need to be implemented by...

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DEXTERS acquires LiFE Residential

DEXTERS has acquired the multi-national Estate Agency LiFE Residential. DEXTERS, London’s leading...

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Ealing Town Hall plans to be revisited

A First-tier Charity Tribunal has required Ealing Council and the Charities Commission to revisit...

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Sovereign and Network Homes merge with new executive board

In October 2023, Sovereign and Network Homes merged to form SNG (Sovereign Network Group).  The...

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New Vail Williams hire boosts London expansion

Will Lawther has been appointed partner in the firm’s London office, based in Soho, where he will...

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Wandsworth to increase social housing requirement

In response to an acute shortage of genuinely affordable homes, Wandsworth Council is progressing...

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Patch opens its doors in Twickenham

A new neighbourhood in Twickenham, built by pioneering start up Patch, aims to reignite the high...

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RHP deliver more homes towards Richmond’s target

​Richmond Housing Partnership has completed a new development on Bucklands Road in Teddington,...

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Wandsworth publishes Citizens Assembly Air Quality Action Plan

​Wandsworth has published its new Air Quality Action Plan and set out how it will meet the...

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Brent Cross Town celebrates topping out

Brent Cross Town, the 180-acre, £8bn net zero park town being delivered by the partnership between...

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TfL property arm rebranded

Transport for London (TfL) has announced that its wholly-owned commercial property company, TTL...

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The streets of Hounslow to be reimagined

Sixty per cent of trips in the borough of Hounslow are made by walking, cycling and public...

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Master Brewer site for sale in Hillingdon

​MB Hillingdon Limited is selling a residential development site with detailed planning permission...

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Kingston sets out Biodiversity Plan

Kingston has released its Biodiversity Action Plan with its theme of ‘natural...

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Quintain re-finance Wembley Park assets

Quintain, the developer behind Wembley Park, announces that it has refinanced the company’s...

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RHP win unanimous support for Church Road development Richmond

A proposal to develop on the site of a former multi-use day centre previously owned by the Council...

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IWG reacts to hybrid working demand in Hammersmith

IWG, the world’s largest provider of hybrid working solutions with brands including Spaces and...

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Richmond to more than double EV charging points

Richmond Council will install 525 new electric vehicle (EV) charging points across Richmond upon...

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Hammersmith supports the e-cargo bike revolution

​Fulham firm ManMaid is beating local traffic without breaking a sweat. Using electric cargo bikes...

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Carter Jonas secures permission for London Square in Kingston

National property consultancy Carter Jonas has secured planning permission for London Square...

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Hammersmith unsupportive of Old Oak Common Station changes

​Hammersmith and Fulham Council have reviewed two proposals for Old Oak Common Station and have...

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Hammersmith objects to OPDC tower

Concerns that approving a tower of more than 15 Storeys in the OPDC will set a precedent...

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BP Pulse plan to electrify Teddington’s High Street

​BP Pulse has submitted a planning application for ten EV charging stations in the Marks and...

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Hounslow calls for incisive action to achieve net zero

Hounslow Council has revealed significant progress on its pathway towards net zero.  The latest...

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Chandler Browne seek to upgrade Teddington High Street

​Chandler Browne Architects has submitted a Design and Access statement to Richmond Council to...

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Hill Group and Fusion Steel continue to forge partnership in Brentford

Fusion Steel Framing, the award-winning manufacturer of light steel framing solutions, has been...

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Wandsworth and Ubitricity expand lampost EV charging

Wandsworth is benefiting from a significant expansion in publicly available electric vehicle...

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We Made That to run Richmond town centre engagement

Richmond Council will run a public engagement project to explore a new vision for Richmond town...

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Stop the Towers revolt against John Lewis plans

Stop the Towers of Ealing have written to the leader of Ealing Council, Cllr Peter Mason, setting...

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Earls Court Development Company reveals consultation feedback

In February 2023, The Earls Court Development Company (ECDC) published the draft masterplan...

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New Apart Hotel agreed on vacant site near Stamford Bridge

Hammersmith fully supports the development of the vacant site of the former La Reserve Hotel,...

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TT Group gains approval for former police station development

Telereal Trillium (TT) Group has received unanimous support for the planning application to...

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Wandsworth on track to deliver 1,000 council homes

​The Homes for Wandsworth programme is building 1,000 new council homes with secure tenancies. ...

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Gove announcement forces Stag Brewery back to the drawing board

At the end of July, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Michael Gove...

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The growing concept of shared living

Mike Lightfoot sat down with Gary Sutherland and Ben Newman of Mathew Allchurch Architects (MAA)...

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Ealing opens consultation for Hanwell and Ealing town centres

Ealing Council is inviting residents to have their say about what improvements they would like to...

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Smiths Farm Northolt eventually gets the nod for Howarth

Ealing Council planning committee has approved a significant development of 220 homes on the site...

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Hillingdon approves EV infrastructure strategy

​Hillingdon Council has approved a new electric vehicle infrastructure strategy at its Cabinet...

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InstaVolt submit plans for a superhub at Syon Park

InstaVolt, the UK’s leading rapid electric vehicle charger network, announced it has submitted...

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Green super highway approved on the Squirrel Trading Estate, Hayes

Hillingdon Council has approved the development of an 11-storey mixed-use building on the...

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Hounslow extends consultation periods for local plans

Hounslow Council has extended the deadline to give feedback on two emerging planning documents...

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Hounslow promotes its creative cluster at Chiswick House

​Hounslow Council has been awarded a £180,000 sustainability grant from the Mayor of London to...

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Hillingdon cabinet approves Yiewsley appropriation for new library

 Hillingdon Council’s Cabinet has given the green light to appropriate vacant brownfield...

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