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Public Practice boosts South West presence with spring 2024 cohort
Public Practice has revealed its latest group of architects and designers to be placed in local planning departments, with the programme continuing its expansion into the South West
Planning
News about the planning system in the UK, including permitted development rights, the National Planning Policy Framework, the London Plan and the ‘country house’ clause
Mole wins approval for 54% affordable housing scheme in Cambridge
Cambridge City Council has given Mole Architects planning permission for 84 new homes, which will replace three 1950s housing blocks
Fathom scheme rejected by Westminster Council on sustainability grounds
Fathom Architects’ proposals to demolish and rebuild a 1950s building on London’s Saville Row have been rejected on environmental grounds
Westminster’s retrofit-first plan: ‘The architecture profession is on the bus’
The AJ quizzes Westminster City Council cabinet member Geoff Barraclough on the authority’s nascent retrofit-first policy
Keir Starmer’s plan to target pro-housebuilding voters
The Labour Party is reportedly targeting voters who will support housebuilding in what political analysts are describing as a ‘war on nimbyism’
IF_DO to revive ‘truly ugly’ Hastings house for co-designed youth centre
IF_DO has been handed planning permission to turn a dilapidated 1860s building in Hastings into a youth and community centre
Hertfordshire planning and design review framework 2024-27
Hertfordshire County Council has announced a new £1.12 million framework for environmental planning and design review services [Deadline: 29 April 2024]
Morris+Co’s contentious Shoreditch proposal ‘scrapes’ approval
Morris + Company’s three-times-revised office scheme in Shoreditch has been granted planning permission by Islington Council
‘Silenced’ residents hit out at Morris+Co Shoreditch plans ahead of key vote
Shoreditch residents say they feel ‘silenced’ and ‘ignored’ ahead of a crucial vote to determine whether Morris+Company’s three times-revised office scheme receives planning permission
‘Design leadership should start from school,’ infrastructure chief tells AJ100 lunch
The chair of the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has said UK design leadership ‘should start from school’, with students being shown the difference between good and bad design from a young age