The London Development Agency has completed a deal that sees 500 acres of land transferred to the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC).
On Wednesday night, the LDA handed over the freehold to the Olympics site, worth hundreds of millions, after a long-protracted process that had been held back by a Treasury …

London mayor Boris Johnson has put forward plans to give the city’s boroughs more control over housing budgets under the government’s localism agenda.
Today, Johnson and Local Councils have published a consultation document A Framework for Devolved Delivery, which would give boroughs greater control over their housing budget. The aim is …

Plans for the regeneration of the Royal Docks in east London have been published today, setting out a strategy to secure up to £22bn of investment.
London mayor Boris Johnson and Newham mayor Sir Robin Wales hope to take advantage of the 2012 London Olympics to attract investors. The London Development …

Planning and housing charity the Town and Country Planning Association has welcomed the “green” policies in the new London Plan but says they need to go further.
The TCPA said in its submissions to the Examination in Public on the draft of the Greater London Authority’s updated London Plan that it …

London Mayor Boris Johnson would breach his strategic role by taking over the delivery powers of the Homes and Communities Agency’s London arm, councils have been warned.
A report to think-tank London Councils by its policy and public affairs director Dick Sorabji says councils should oppose Johnson’s attempt …

London mayor Boris Johnson has unveiled plans to reform development powers in London and take direct responsibility for the legacy of the 2012 London Olympics.
Speaking today at the first meeting of London borough leaders since the election, Johnson confirmed he planned to take powers for the Greater London Authority (GLA), …

Plans to give the Mayor of London more powers over development and the Olympics are to be unveiled at London’s City Hall today.
The new coalition wants to devolve power from central government to the London mayor Boris Johnson, with proposals expected to include scrapping the London Development Agency and moving …

The Mayor of London Boris Johnson has called on the coalition to protect investment in housing, as he announced that 26,014 affordable homes had been delivered in London over the past two years.
Speaking at the opening of a supported housing scheme called Arlington in north London, Johnson said London needed …

Crown Estate chairman Sir Stuart Hampson has sought to reassure residents that it will safeguard affordable housing in four residential estates it is planning to sell in London.
Yesterday, the London Assembly questioned Hampson about the planned sale of Victoria Park Estate in East London,  Cumberland Market in Camden, Millbank near Victoria …

Phone company Siemens is to invest £30m in a conference and exhibition centre to be at the heart of a new “green district” of East London.
London mayor Boris Johnson, Siemens chief executive Andreas J. Goss and Newham Borough Council mayor Sir Robin Wales announced the plan for Siemens to invest …