Planning

SO-IL builds Las Americas affordable housing development in Mexico

April 15, 2021 Jane Englefield 0

New York firm SO-IL has completed this low rise yet high-density affordable housing development in León, Mexico, with apartments arranged around courtyards. The project, called Las Americas, is a six-storey concrete block of homes divided into 60 apartments. Maximising the plot’s buildable footprint, the homes hug two interior courtyards that provide cross ventilation to the development.

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UK government’s housing formula “does not make sense” say planning groups

October 26, 2020 India Block 0

Planning reform propose revised algorithm for housing targets

The UK government’s proposal to use a mathematical formula to determine where to build 300,000 new homes a year has been criticised by campaigners. The formula would be used to set a target number of homes to build for each area in England, with the aim of building more housing in less affordable places to increase

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UK government’s housing formula “does not make sense” say planning groups

October 26, 2020 India Block 0

The UK government’s proposal to use a mathematical formula to determine where to build 300,000 new homes a year has been criticised by campaigners. The formula would be used to set a target number of homes to build for each area in England, with the aim of building more housing in less affordable places to increase

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Permitted development homes in England must meet space standards

October 2, 2020 India Block 0

Building plans to illustrate news of minimum space standards for permitted development homes in England

New planning rules announced by the UK government will require new homes built under permitted development rights to be over 37 square metres. The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has praised the ministry of housing for closing a “dangerous loophole”. “Minority of developers abusing the system” New houses built under permitted development (PD), which

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Nicholas Boys Smith to lead new government task force to “embed beauty” in the planning system

September 23, 2020 India Block 0

Create Streets founder Nicholas Boys Smith has been appointed by UK housing secretary Robert Jenrick to lead a national design body that has been tasked with “driving up design standards” for planning applications. Boys Smith will lead a steering group that will create the government’s as-yet-unnamed architecture task force, which will work with local communities to develop

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Architecture Foundation battles council to save Antepavilion structures from demolition

September 11, 2020 India Block 0

The Potemkin Theatre by Maich Swift Architects in Haggeston London is the third Antepavilion

Organisers of the annual Antepavilion commission in London are fighting to prevent “oppressive” Hackney Council from demolishing a series of subversive canalside pavilions. The local authority is demanding the removal of a series of architectural structures at Hoxton Docks on Regent’s Canal in east London, built as part of the annual competition run by arts

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Antepavilion juror attacks “pathetic” council for blocking Sharks! installation with court injunction

August 21, 2020 India Block 0

An installation of five fibreglass sharks by architect Jaimie Shorten for the Architecture Foundation’s Antepavilion project in east London has been hit by a last-minute court injunction by the local council. Four of the five models had already been lowered into the Regent’s Canal in east London ahead of today’s planned opening. But Hackney Council’s

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UK government reveals full extent of “radical” planning reform proposals

August 6, 2020 India Block 0

UK government publishes planning reform white paper

In a report published today, the UK government has laid out proposals to speed up planning approval for developments and scrap section 106 agreements. Called Planning for the Future, the white paper details plans for upcoming changes to the planning system in England. Housing minister Robert Jenrick had already announced plans to expand permitted development

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UK government reveals full extent of “radical” planning reform proposals

August 6, 2020 India Block 0

In a report published today, the UK government has laid out proposals to speed up planning approval for developments and scrap section 106 agreements. Called Planning for the Future, the white paper details plans for upcoming changes to the planning system in England. Housing minister Robert Jenrick had already announced plans to expand permitted development

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RIBA calls for “urgent reconsideration” of proposals to deregulate planning

August 4, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0

The UK government’s plans to deregulate the planning permission system in England will lead to poor quality housing warns the Royal Institute of British Architects. Under new regulations announced by UK housing secretary Robert Jenrick homes, hospitals, schools, shops and offices on land designated for growth will “automatically” be granted planning permission. “Deregulation is not the way

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