Delays, uncertainty and red tape continue to plague the planning system – making even straightforward reuse of commercial buildings unnecessarily difficult. As Mark Leeson, operations director of ...

The government is to introduce new permitted development rights to allow casinos, distribution centres and storage facilities to be turned into homes. In a Written Ministerial Statement (WMS), ...

It barely seems that long since the last tweaks to the planning system were announced and implemented. This time, another shake-up of permitted development rights (PDR) has placed new restrictions on ...

With stamp duty becoming increasingly expensive, it often makes more sense to improve your home instead of up and moving. The ...

On Dec. 8, 2022, New York City Mayor Eric Adams outlined his "Get Stuff Built" initiative to "add hundreds of thousands of units to address the [the housing crisis]," including loosening ...

Building a garden room to create an outdoor home office or studio can be a fairly straightforward way to make extra space for work, hobbies, or exercise. Construction of these buildings can fall under ...

The Scottish Government has published a summary of responses to the consultation ‘Permitted development rights to support the ...

An office block in Cambridge can be converted into flats under permitted development rights, Cambridge City Council has confirmed. The nine offices at 54-62 Dukes Court, in Newmarket Road, are due to ...