Galliard Homes reduced the amount of affordable housing in the project's housing stock from 35 per cent to just 10 per cent, citing increased construction costs and changing building regulations as key factors.
The study concludes that the rail link could deliver strong economic returns under both two-runway and three-runway expansion scenarios at Heathrow Airport, indicating its potential impact on regional connectivity.
Punters have rallied behind Zoe Garbett in the 'London Mayoral Election' betting market this week. The Green representative is 25/1, cut from 50/1 to succeed Sadiq Khan come the 2028 election. The Hackney Borough Council leader was backed by 71% of bets placed this week, putting her well ahead of Reform candidate Laila Cunningham (18%) and current favourite, Sadiq Khan (6%).
Development corporations normally exist to take an area of brownfield, untransformed land and turn it into an end state. You take a field and turn it into a new town; you take an old gaswork and turn it into a business park. Here we have got an area which is already developed, and there already is development going through - the new House of Fraser, the new Debenhams buildings, coming on stream soon, Wells House, South Milton triangle underway a development pipeline underway under existing City plan and the existing Westminster planning committee.
A leading think tank has recommended a number of organisational changes to local governments in order to reinvigorate democracy across the country. A report from Re:State recommends a major change to the number of London boroughs, as well as electing an official opposition mayor. The report, informed by interviews with a host of senior political figures, proposes that the existing 32 boroughs be drastically cut to between 10 to 12 local authorities.