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£110 million for nutrient neutrality mitigation schemes announced in Autumn Statement

By Alex King, 22 November 2023

The government will invest £110 million in nutrient neutrality mitigation schemes this financial year and the next, the chancellor has told Parliament.

The All England Club in Wimbledon as it now stands. Pic: Getty.

Council rejects Wimbledon expansion plans over harm to protected land

By Alex King, 22 November 2023

A London borough has rejected a hybrid planning application put forward by the All England Club in Wimbledon to build an 8,000-seat stadium and 38 grass tennis courts, concluding the benefits of the scheme did not outweigh the harm it would do to Metropolitan Open Land.

London Casebook Appeals

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Osborne Richardson, London, England, South London
Sustainability and Climate Change officer

Osborne Richardson, London, East London, England
Principal Planning Policy Officer

London Borough of Hillingdon, Hillingdon, Uxbridge
Senior Development Management Planning Officer

London Borough of Lewisham, Lewisham, London

London In Depth

Ten key things you need to know from the past week

The ten most important news stories of the past week, including prime minister Rishi Sunak confirming that he is scrapping the northern leg of the HS2 rail link project and promising to invest £36 billion in “hundreds” of transport projects across the country.

Why a court ruling that an area’s ‘character’ goes beyond appearance is important for planning suburban development

A Court of Appeal judge’s ruling that a proposed development that did not materially change a building’s exterior could still harm an area’s “character and appearance” should make it easier for councils to resist proposals that are likely to change suburban areas, say experts.

Best use of brownfield land in placemaking

WINNER: Industria, submitted by Haworth Tompkins; HIGHLY COMMENDED: Dagenham Green, submitted by Peabody Trust, PRP, Savills and HTA Design Landscape

Award for community-led placemaking

WINNER: Neighbourhood Priorities Fund, submitted by London Legacy Development Corporation

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Latest London News

£110 million for nutrient neutrality mitigation schemes announced in Autumn Statement

Council rejects Wimbledon expansion plans over harm to protected land

Mayor cites ‘bulky’ design in rejecting plans for 90m-high Vegas-style sphere in east London

M&S given leave to progress judicial review of Gove’s refusal of flagship Oxford Street store revamp

Borough moots allowing for tall buildings in ‘wider range of locations’

London Casebook Appeals

Incongruous design overrides effective use of land

Tall building judged a town centre enhancement

Adult gaming centre judged to benefit iconic city centre shopping street

Synagogue given consent to occupy house on residential estate

Flats ruled out on inconvenient access to communal garden

Wetherspoon pub denied a West End site due to noise and disturbance

Court endorses council permission for mixed-use scheme next to football stadium

Enabling development approved to save medieval farmhouse at risk

Search 200,000 appeals on COMPASS

2 x Town Planners

Sustainability and Climate Change officer

Principal Planning Policy Officer

Senior Development Management Planning Officer

London In Depth

Ten key things you need to know from the past week

Why a court ruling that an area’s ‘character’ goes beyond appearance is important for planning suburban development

Best use of brownfield land in placemaking

Award for community-led placemaking

London Strategic Planning

Borough’s new draft plan boosts housing target by 40% and releases 13% of green belt

Gove threatens to step in to boost London’s housing delivery

Impending plan system reforms spark London borough to pause local plan work

Islington local plan - found sound

Court endorses decision not to make plan following split vote

London CIL Updates

London mayor joins calls to scrap 'unworkable' new infrastructure levy

CIL surcharges quashed over unrecorded liability notice delivery

CIL Watch: London borough ramps up levy charge for residential schemes

Next month's Queen's Speech will include replacement of section 106 developer contributions with flat-rate levy, say reports

Mayor signs off 500-home Bishopsgate Goodsyard scheme after developer contributions agreed