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Bidwells appoint Callaghan to lead the London building surveying team

Tom Callaghan joins Bidwells’ 75-stong Building Consultancy team as Partner to lead the firm’s...

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St George and Quod secure planning permission for the Grand Union

On behalf of St George, Quod has secured hybrid planning permission for the former Northfields...

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£15m refurbishment of Twickenham Studios announced

The Creative District Improvement Company (TCDIC) and Holloway Studios have submitted plans to the...

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Arlington gets permission for West London’s first life sciences laboratories

Arlington has received full planning consent for a building that is set to become one of London’s...

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Harrods Wharf floats the idea of a temporary ferry jetty for Hammersmith Bridge

The plans for a new ferry terminal at the Harrods Wharf were submitted last November to the London...

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Wembley Park in a hurry with its vision for a 15-minute neighbourhood

​Quintain has added to its team in order to take its vision for retail and leisure at the...

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Southall College land re-purposed as resi scheme by Iceni Projects

​ Iceni Projects, acting as agents, submitted plans for the residential redevelopment of a...

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Pinewood Studio consults on its proposed Screenhub

Pinewood Studios , the home of James Bond movies and many more, is currently consulting on the...

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Brunel University has plans for new engineering and research facility

Brunel University has submitted plans on 21st January to construct a new research building and an...

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TfL to build 852 homes on Bollo Lane, Acton

Ealing Council has approved a master plan for redeveloping a half-mile-long, narrow stretch of...

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JLL makes a noise about Kneller Hall

Kneller Hall, the former military music conservatoire in Twickenham, has been put up for sale by...

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Alison Turner joins Cratus Communications

Cratus Communications has appointed local government communications specialist, Alison Turner, to...

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Urban village in Richmond granted permission by SOS

London developer Avanton has been granted go-ahead by the Secretary of State Robert Jenrick for...

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Twickenham Riverside plans are catalyst for new town vision

The first consultation on the proposed development of Twickenham Riverside was held, via Zoom, on...

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Teddington cinema could play a role in re-visioning the High Street

Architecture:WK (AWK), have launched a visionary design concept for a luxury boutique cinema in...

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Arts Alliance launch the Garden Studio in Park Royal

Arts Alliance announced on the 17th December 2020 the launch of the Garden Studios, a brand new...

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Hammersmith & Fulham clean up with largest concentration of air monitors in Europe

Hammersmith & Fulham Council is to install the largest concentration of air quality monitors...

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North End Road is a magnet for massive new grant

Hammersmith & Fulham Council has successfully secured £1.25m of funding to help make Fulham’s...

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Aviation Communities Taskforce to be piloted by the LB of Hounslow

Hounslow Council has launched a national Aviation Communities Taskforce to garner support for...

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Hounslow scoots ahead with E-trial

Hounslow Council is joining major global cities such as Paris, Chicago, and Rome – all of which...

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Viewranks Estates proposal gets sorted in Isleworth

The old Post Office Sorting Office in Isleworth has received planning approval from the London...

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Dominvs Group aim high with Edwardian inspired development in Wembley

Dominvs Group, a leading London real estate development and investment group, has received a...

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London Olympia wins the race for two hotels and entertainment centre

Tenants for the state-of-the art live music venue and two hotels are set to move into the...

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Woolbro to build mixed-use scheme in Alperton

Woolbro Group, the family-run national residential and commercial property developer, has secured...

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Notting Hill Genesis new development in Hampton Hill is refused

Notting Hill Genesis has submitted a planning application to the London Borough of Richmond upon...

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Lichfields highlight shortfall of over 86,000 homes in London over the next decade

Over optimistic projections for housebuilding in London could result in a shortfall of over 86,000...

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Luxgrove Homes plan sustainable development in East Acton

The site of the former drama school, the Barbara Speake School for Performing Arts, has been...

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David Lunts appointed CEO of Old Oak & Park Royal Development Corporation

The Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) announced the appointment of David Lunts...

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Health and wellbeing in store on Twickenham Rugby Stadium resi scheme

Re-purposing property is high on the agenda as society begins to change its focus to a better...

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Full marks for Morrisons at the Brentford Project

Ballymore has now exchanged contracts with Morrisons, bringing the major supermarket chain to The...

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Hammersmith loses the Boat Race

The impact of the Hammersmith Bridge closure is to have much greater repercussions than just the...

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Radical plans announced for Hammersmith Bridge : Is it a bridge too far?

Hammersmith & Fulham Council, Sir John Ritblat from Delancey, and world leading architects and...

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London Borough of Hounslow races ahead with autonomous vehicles

Hounslow is to be the first location in the UK to trial autonomous electric delivery vehicles on...

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MCR Property pass sentence on Feltham Magistrates Court

MCR Property Group have submitted plans to convert the former Feltham Magistrates Court in...

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Richmond and Hammersmith float Thames ferry idea

Hot on the heels of the Government’s bailout of TfL where funds have been fenced off for the...

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What the £1.8 billion bailout for TfL means for West London

Grant Shapps the Transport secretary wrote to Sadiq Kahn the Mayor of London on the 31st October...

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London Irish celebrates a new home, new kit and return to its roots

London Irish president Mick Crossan says timing of the club’s move to Brentford fits perfectly...

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Barton Willmore has plans for the iconic Roehampton estate

The Alton Estate in Roehampton is an iconic post-war social housing estate famed for its brutalist...

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Hillingdon Council buys ancient woodlands for residents

Hillingdon Council has invested £88,000 to acquire a further 30 acres of ancient semi-natural...

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Kingston Council have bold plans for the Kingfisher Leisure Centre

Kingston Council are unveiling an ambitious plan for a brand new swimming pool and leisure centre...

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UK’s tallest ‘fully affordable tower’ is refused

The Manor Road, West Ealing proposal for 144 affordable homes was rejected at the planning...

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Brent score with community pavilion

Brent Council approved a proposal for a new pavilion at the meeting of the 14th October 2020. The...

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Kingston resi scheme goes the whole Nine Yards

Kingston council has approved a proposal for the corner of Fife Road and Dolphin street that will...

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Barton Willmore shortlisted for Hounslow regeneration

Barton Willmore has been shortlisted, with KC+A, for the London Borough of Hounslow (LBoH) design...

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Ultra Low Emission Zone expands into West London

From October 2021, the existing central London Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) will expand to...

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Mayor of London approves 450 new homes in Richmond

Following a period of further consultation which ended in early September 2020 the London Mayor,...

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Hayes data centre awaiting approval from the Mayor of London

The proposal for a new data centre at the Bulls Bridge industrial estate, North Hyde Gardens,...

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Massive new office “net zero” campus planned by Unilever in Kingston

Cube Real Estate has submitted exciting new plans for a mixed-use re-development within the...

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JLL Industrial land JAS International at Heathrow Logistics Park

Sarah Downes, Director of JLL Industrial recently tweeted positive new about the Heathrow Logistic...

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Bridge over troubled water at Hammersmith

​The former Transport for London (TFL) Olympics mastermind, Dana Skelley, has been appointed by...

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£100m raised for new homes in South West London

Richmond Housing Partnership, RHP, has successfully issued a £100m ‘tap’ extension to...

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Mayor of London takes a look at Hayes scheme

Engie, the French energy company, have had their proposal for the development of the Crown Trading...

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Paragon Asra to develop contemporary homes in Teddington

​The scheme involves the redevelopment of the Strathmore Centre site on Strathmore Road in...

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Hounslow consult on the future of Brentford High Street

Hounslow Council is working with the public engagement consultants, Commonplace, to collecting...

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Sweet taste of success for Quintain at Wembley Park

​Quintain has secured an “extraordinary and unforgettable” taste experience, set to open in a...

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Massive resi scheme overlooking Kew Gardens gets the green light

London and Quadrant Housing Association (L&Q) finally had their proposal for the development...

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Hammersmith Bridge is falling down

Hammersmith and Fulham council announced in August that Hammersmith Bridge would be closed for the...

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Time for the Kingston LDS to be crowned

Kingston Council has published its new Local Development Scheme (LDS) which sets out a framework...

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The Brentford Project Update

This September, a new collection of town centre apartments will come to the market at the...

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BTR arrives at Southall Sidings

​At the Ealing planning meeting in September 2020, a radical proposal for the transformation of...

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Lettings galore at Hammersmith Grove

​Clients of Hermes Investment Management , advised by Hanover Green and CBRE, have agreed over...

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Thousands respond to EcoWorld consultation, Gurnell Leisure Centre,Perivale

​A community engagement event, held by Ealing Council and the developer Ecoworld, provided an...

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Inland Homes marches into Hounslow Cavalry Barracks

Inland Homes plc, the leading brownfield developer, housebuilder and partnership housing company...

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Emma Williamson appointed Director of Planning at OPDC

​The Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) has appointed Emma Williamson as its...

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Mayor of London calls in Stag Brewery Mortlake

​The Mayor of London is carrying out a public consultation on revised Planning Applications for...

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Brent council approve state-of-the-art mixed use education centre

Brent Council’s Planning Committee met in early August to consider the proposal to develop the...

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Major housing scheme in Richmond is refused

In early July the Planning Committee for Richmond Council considered an application for a...

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Richmond rejects Greggs Bakery proposal by London Square

The site of the former Greggs Bakery in Crane Road Twickenham was subject to a controversial...

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Brent deliver highest number of affordable homes in London

Just under 700 new council homes are currently being built in Brent, the highest number for any...

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Hillingdon Council win HS2 planning case

Hillingdon Council has successfully persuaded the Court of Appeal to overturn a High Court...

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Berkeley Group to build homes at Gillette Corner

The London Borough of Hounslow has received a proposal from St Edwards (A division of Berkeley)...

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Hounslow establishes Recovery Board

Hounslow will be one of the hardest hit boroughs by the economic downturn due to the pandemic and...

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Brent appoints new director of regeneration

Alan Lunt, the former Deputy Chief Executive of Dudley Council, will take up the role of Strategic...

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