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Karakusevic Carson gets the OK for 566-home Portsmouth masterplan
Karakusevic Carson Architects has won planning consent for plans for 566 homes in Portsmouth city centre
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Shaw and Jagger wins appeal for Neoclassical Para 84 house
Shaw and Jagger Architects has won approval, on appeal, for a villa in the Classical style in rural Lancashire through the ‘country house clause’ planning exemption
Bennetts Associates granted approval for ‘energy-efficient’ Manchester tower
Bennetts Associates has won planning permission for a 34-storey ‘energy-efficient’ tower in Manchester
SimpsonHaugh gets go-ahead for five resi towers in Manchester – but no affordable housing
SimpsonHaugh has won approval for a quintet of residential skyscrapers in Manchester – but none of the development’s nearly 2,400 new homes will be designated ‘affordable’
Studio Egret West reveals plans for 4,500-home Holt Town scheme in Manchester
New designs have been unveiled of Studio Egret West’s plan for the Holt Town neighbourhood of east Manchester
Seven London councils on government watchlist over fire safety concerns
Seven London local authorities are currently on the government social housing regulator’s watchlist due to concerns about fire risk
‘Accelerator’ team to push through homes stuck in planning
A national New Homes Accelerator team has been set up to ensure hundreds of thousands of unbuilt homes stuck in the planning system are delivered
Hawkins\Brown picked to lead next phase of Carpenters Estate regen
Hawkins\Brown has been selected to head up the next phase of the Carpenters Estate regeneration in Stratford, east London
British Museum names finalists in contentious revamp competition
The British Museum has named the five design teams shortlisted to overhaul more than a third of its gallery spaces and rework behind-the-scenes areas
PLP’s Westferry Printworks plans get the go-ahead – again
PLP Architecture’s controversial proposals for a major mixed-used scheme at Westferry Printworks in east London have been approved for a third time