New masterplan for Chelsea Barracks revealed

Council offered £78 million to reduce affordable housing quota

Westminster Council has been offered £78 million to put towards affordable housing after developers of Chelsea Barracks said they could not meet their 50 per cent quota.

Critics rap Boris over affordable homes deals

Housing associations will accuse the mayor of London of failing to stop councils dropping affordable homes from schemes in return for cash.

Council accepts £22m in lieu of affordable homes

A council has agreed to accept a £22 million payment from a private developer instead of affordable homes after concluding these would devalue the development.

Globe trotter

Joe Montgomery swapped the civil service to help lead a worldwide membership body that connects funders with developers. But what’s in it for UK regeneration? Lydia Stockdale asks him.

Bring back the slums

Ageing sustainably

By 2020 China will have more than 260 million people over the age of 65. Here, Jess McCabe gets a glimpse at how the country plans to house some of them in a giant, retirement eco-city

From riches to rags and back

A Welsh landlord took on an ambitious project to refurbish a derelict Grade II listed mansion. Katie Puckett finds out how they managed to bring it back into use

A compassionate ruling

The High Court relied on human rights legislation to overturn a decision on end-of-life care. David Renton, barrister at Garden Court Chambers, explains

Utopia revisited

As David Cameron seeks to revive the principles of garden cities with a consultation due later this year, Colin Wiles examines how likely it is that his vision will come to fruition

Fielding opposition

Proposed legislation on registration of village greens would reduce risk to developers. Eollyn Ives, solicitor in the property team at Devonshires Solicitors, explains