On behalf of Thames Valley Housing and Bracknell Forest Council, Iceni Projects (Planning) secured a resolution to grant planning permission for the development of 193 residential apartments and 364 sq. m of flexible, commercial floorspace overlooking a public square.

Last week, Iceni Projects (planning and transport) secured a resolution to grant planning consent on behalf of Landid to develop an 80,000 sq. ft. office in Putney, London.

This year’s Conservative Party Conference very much confirmed the tone of Theresa May’s new administration.

At this year’s Conservative Party Conference, the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Greg Clark announced that it is time for an upgrade in our infrastructure and the “cleanness" of our energy supply.

For the avoidance of doubt, I'm not instructed to represent the promoters of the Garden Bridge. I don't have shares in an urban gardening company, a bridge engineering practice, real estate on the Embankment, or even a back-catalogue of Absolutely Fabulous. I have a healthy respect for Gurkhas, but I wouldn't necessary cross the Thames to say as much.

What I do have is a recent passport stamp from a visit to New York; evidence of a recent summer holiday stop-over in Manhattan. There were two outstanding highlights for family Anderson; firstly, dinner at Ellen's Stardust Diner, where I got involved in a passingly decent version of Taylor Swift's 'Shake It Off' with Connie from Seattle, who was 'in between' Broadway shows, and was wasted serving burgers and chips. My contribution was principally confined to shaking, as opposed to singing, but despite my youngest thinking I was having a minor seizure, I'm pretty sure my fellow diners credited me with helping Connie through some of the trickier elements of the verse – especially the rap.

The extent of changes in recent times to sustainability and energy policy in the UK is enough to baffle even the most acclaimed experts in the field and these changes are set to continue.

In April 2016 the Government issued regulations which will grant a new permitted development right to allow light industrial (Class B1c) uses to be converted to residential (Class C3) without planning permission. The relevant statutory provisions are set out in Schedule 2, Part 3, Class PA of the General Permitted Development Order (GPDO).

In March 2015, when Brexit was but a glint in Farage’s eye and Cameron still had a job, the Conservatives made a big play of their promise to deliver 200,000 homes to first-time buyers if the Tories won the election.

In thinking through any gnarly planning challenge or strategy we always try and put ourselves in the position of the decision maker. Gavin Barwell, (the Minister for Housing and Planning and Minister for London) is a key strategic planning decision maker and my goodness does he have a lot on his plate.

£8,000 is the new levy facing homeowners who seek planning permission for basement extensions in Westminster.