Tweet British Property Federation (BPF) Visit website Submitted ArticlesRelated Articles 25 foundBPF announces new Presidential team06/07/2016David Sleath, the chief executive of Segro plc, will today become the President of the British Property Federation (BPF). Sleath will succeed Hermes Real Estate’s [...]BPF comments on Local Government Finance Settlement announcement on planning fees09/02/2016The British Property Federation (BPF) has commented on proposals laid out by Secretary of State Greg Clark MP that will allow local authorities with struggling [...]Property industry urges sensible SDLT regime with increase of build-to-rent units03/02/2016The property industry is urging the government to protect large-scale investment in residential property from a proposed higher rate of Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) [...]Report promotes radical new model to revitalise Britain’s high streets18/01/2016A hard-hitting report has proposed a radical new model to get investment back into Britain’s high streets. The Town Centre Investment Zones report, launched today [...]Property industry welcomes review of one of the ‘biggest bugbears’ of planning system19/11/2015The British Property Federation (BPF) has welcomed a Government review of the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL), a development tax which is used to fund local [...]BPF comments on government launch of local plan group18/09/2015The British Property Federation (BPF) has welcomed a launch of a group of experts, including BPF members, who will work with government to help streamline [...]BPF responds to the budget19/03/2015Budget 2015: developers laud business rates retention as vital to solve infrastructure funding challenge and boost regeneration. Proposals that could see City regions retain 100% [...]BPF announces new residential chairman and vice-chair09/02/2015The British Property Federation (BPF) has announced that Duncan Salvesen, Director of Residential at Dorrington and Paul Winstanley, Partner, Residential Valuation, at Allsop as the [...]Autumn Statement: planning reforms welcome but need greater focus on local delivery03/12/2014Planning reforms designed to speed up the delivery of new infrastructure and development have been welcomed by the property industry. However, the British Property Federation [...]Autumn Statement: investment in healthcare property essential for NHS reform03/12/2014The British Property Federation has welcomed the announcement of £1 billion to be invested over four years in GP services. The BPF last month urged the Secretary [...]Autumn Statement: property industry welcomes business rates review03/12/2014The British Property Federation (BPF) has commended the Chancellor for announcing a ‘structural review’ of business rates in today's Autumn Statement. As business rates continue [...]Overseas investors become largest investors in UK commercial property 15/10/2014Overseas investors have for the first time overtaken UK institutions to become the largest owners of UK commercial property, new data from the Property Industry [...]BPF calls for the streamlining of English Heritage Planning Guidance08/09/2014The British Property Federation (BPF) has welcomed new proposed guidance on the use of heritage assets in the planning system, but has recommended that the [...]Commercial building energy efficiency policies have potential to be more effective18/06/2014Government policy designed to reduce carbon emissions from commercial buildings need to be better understood, more efficiently monitored and easier to enforce, reveals a new [...]No more tinkering, better data collection and Green Belt review essential for continued NPPF success17/06/2014The British Property Federation (BPF) has praised the pro-growth principles of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and its progress thus far, but cautioned that [...]BPF: New Green Deal Home Improvement Fund welcome 12/05/2014The British Property Federation (BPF) has welcomed the new Green Deal Home Improvement Fund. It has praised the Government for launching sensible changes that will [...]BPF warns that increasing threshold for planning designations risks encouraging bad practice09/05/2014Increasing the threshold for putting local authorities into special measures could produce perverse incentives and lead to adverse consequences for the planning system, warns the [...]Homeowners at risk of flooding urged to speak out amid fears that millions of homes could be excluded from new flood insurance scheme28/04/2014Homeowners at risk of flooding who have seen the price of their insurance rise in recent years have been urged to speak out amid warnings [...]Property Industry supports Farrell Review's suggestions of cutting VAT and proactive planning02/04/2014The British Property Federation (BPF) has welcomed the Farrell Review’s endorsement of proactive planning, a positive relationship between the public and private sectors and strengthening [...]Land and Planning Chamber is another welcome step in a string of beneficial planning reforms says BPF05/11/2013The British Property Federation (BPF) has welcomed Government proposals to speed up the judicial review process, and expressed particular enthusiasm for proposals to create a [...]BPF says further clarity is needed to NPPF guidance16/10/2013The British Property Federation (BPF) has questioned whether certain aspects of the NPPF’s guidance contradict the principles set out in Government’s planning policy. In its [...]BPF comments on the departure of Mark Prisk as Housing Minister08/10/2013The British Property Federation (BPF) has thanked the former Minister of State for Housing and Local Government Mark Prisk for his positive contribution to UK [...]Retail-to-resi plan could 'breath life' into high streets 09/08/2013The British Property Federation (BPF) has welcomed the publication of a consultation that could see vacant high street shops converted into homes, but warned the [...]Government’s empty rates relief ‘designed not to be used’26/07/2013In its response to the empty property rates consultation the British Property Federation (BPF) has said the hugely complex proposal appears designed to be hardly [...]Fewer shops and new uses for High Streets, BPF tells retail committee04/07/2013The British Property Federation has told an influential committee of MPs that in order for high streets to survive they need to contract and empty [...] 7 foundBrexit: Construction industry reactions to EU referendum results24/06/2016The results of the EU referendum are counted and it is revealed Britain has voted 52% against 48% in favour of a Brexit. Here we share the [...]Major application determination times in Bristol take 27 weeks, over double government target27/10/2015Major planning submission determination times in Bristol are faster than London South Gloucestershire is a star performer taking just 14 weeks to approve major planning [...]Summer Budget 2015: comments09/07/2015The Chancellor of the Exchequer gave his summer Budget to Parliament on Wednesday 8 July 2015. Listed is a selection of comments on the key [...]Industry reacts to the General Election08/05/2015netmagmedia looks at the comments throughout the industry in regards to the electoral vote. Rob Oliver, Chief Executive (Construction Equipment Association) - comments as the [...]Report appraises effectiveness of government growth projects14/01/2015The British Property Federation, Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners, and the All Party Urban Development Group have launched a report “Going for Growth”, which appraises the [...]Lord Bates to announce the best in architecture at UK Property Awards15/10/2013The UK’s finest developers, architects, interior designers and real estate agents will gather at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on Friday, October 18th to [...]New official stats slay rent myths26/06/2013New official statistics published by the Office for National Statistics this morning show that rents in Great Britain grew by just 1.3% in the period [...] ×Contact details 5th Floor St Albans House 57-59 Haymarket London SW1Y 4QX Enquiries info@bpf.org.uk
