Built Environment Networking Blog: London News

Planning consent secured by Legal & General for £750m hyperscale data centre

Legal & General (‘L&G’), specialist digital infrastructure investment firm Goldacre, and data centre development partner sineQN, announce planning has been approved for a £750m sustainable, urban hyperscale data centre investment located in the London Borough of Newham. The development is expected to contribute £88m to Newham’s GVA (gross value added), creating over a thousand skilled […]

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Planning granted for Grade A Office refurbishment in London

Deka Immobilien has been granted planning permission for a significant renovation of 1 Old Jewry, a prime property located in the heart of the City of London. Savills and CBRE are handling the lettings. The refurbishment will include around 69,300 sq ft of Grade A office space spread across the first to ninth floors and […]

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Plans approved for up to 995 new homes at St Ann’s New Neighbourhood

Housing association Catalyst – part of the Peabody Group – and development partners The Hill Group have been given the green light by Haringey Council for the redevelopment of a site adjacent to St Ann’s Hospital, South Tottenham. The redevelopment will provide up to 995 new homes, 60% of which will be affordable, delivering much-needed […]

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Plans approved to create new Museum for London and regenerate Smithfield

The City of London Corporation’s Planning Applications Sub-Committee today gave the green light for updated plans from the Museum of London to create a new, world-class cultural destination within a series of historic buildings in West Smithfield. The approved plans mean a secure, sustainable future for the historic market buildings that make up the site, […]

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Plans set out to deliver more than 90 new affordable homes in Barkingside

Transport for London (TfL) is working with regeneration specialist, Vistry Partnerships, and housing association, Peabody, on proposals that could deliver 98 new affordable homes in Barkingside. The homes, which the capital urgently needs, will be a range of one, two and three bed homes and will be delivered across three buildings. The new homes will […]

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Plans submitted for £10bn West London neighbourhood

The Earls Court Development Company has submitted proposals for a 7.5 million sq ft masterplan to transform a development site in central London. The site where the Earls Court Exhibition Centres once stood will be redeveloped into a 106 billion West London neighbourhood, featuring 4,000 homes. The homes will be surrounded by 20 acres of […]

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Plans submitted for London city 21-storey City block

Proposals have been submitted by Developer Dominvs Group to replace a five-storey 1980s office building in the City of London with a 21-storey student housing development. The scheme, designed by 3XN Architects in conjunction with executive architect TP Bennett, would mean the Chapman Taylor’s Friary Court building near Fenchurch Street Station would be demolished. The […]

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Plans Submitted for New Co-Living Development in Haringey

Plans have been officially submitted to Haringey Council for the transformation of an industrial building located at 25-27 Clarendon Road, London, into a modern co-living development. The proposed project aims to repurpose the site into a nine-storey building that will house 222 co-living clusters and corner studios. The co-living units are designed to cater to […]

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Pocket Living bring forward 100% affordable housing scheme in Barnet

Innovative affordable housing developer Pocket Living has signed a build contract with HG Construction to deliver a scheme for 86 one-bedroom homes for first-time buyers at Woodside Park in Barnet, London, having completed an agreement with Transport for London for the site. The deal is the culmination of several years of planning and managing technical […]

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