Insights & Reports

Wellbeing is now firmly on the national agenda and as the UK’s elderly population is projected to reach 15.1 million with 22% over 65 by 2030, alongside this edition of Local Plan Watch, Harriet Wooler and Steven Butler look at how senior living is being planned for across our patch.

With demand for laboratory space at a premium and science and technology firms often outgrowing premises, what must landlords – and their surveyors – consider when deciding to retain or reinstate?

This highly practical webinar held in partnership with Farmers’ Weekly magazine examines the central question being asked by farmers and landowners across England.

With a recent ‘loosening’ of planning requirements in England, landowners need to be ready to take advantage of the long-term rental opportunities that onshore wind can present.

Announcements on the next set of Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) Actions are long overdue, with some future Actions yet to be confirmed. However, the recent release of the 2023 SFI Handbook is very welcome as it offers land managers a more flexible and simplified opportunity to receive payments.

Principal Heritage Consultant, Daniele Haynes, explores historic buildings and the impact fire damage can have in her latest blog.

Listen to real estate leaders from across the Oxford-Cambridge Arc discuss key issues facing the region at The Future of the Oxford to Cambridge Region Conference 2023.

Andy Fewings gives his thoughts on UK Government's announcement today (Tuesday 5 September) on the 'streamlining' of planning rules to allow onshore wind projects in England to be approved more quickly.

Our research shows location is a key consideration for laboratory-based businesses. We compare an out-of-town industrial conversion for Sherlock Biosciences with a retail-to-labs project in Cambridge’s Grafton Centre, examining the considerations of each.

Partner and Head of Landscape Architecture and Masterplanning, Danielle Percy discusses Building with Nature, an increasingly important set of standards changing residential and commercial development across the UK.

Following Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Michael Gove’s, speech on Monday 24th July, Senior Planner Christian Milner, discusses how the proposed changes to the planning system will affect local authority resourcing, regeneration, and housing supply.

Following Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Michael Gove’s, speech on Monday 24th July, Senior Planner Christian Milner, discusses how the proposed changes to the planning system will affect local authority resourcing, regeneration, and housing supply.