A new affordable housing development enters the final stages of completion following approval from Westminster City Council.

The development once completed will deliver 24 new build homes, comprising of 17 social housing units and 7 shared ownership properties in central London’s Pimlico.

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The hunt is on to find a new home for one of London’s most loved libraries, after Westminster Council announced that its current location, Marylebone Town Hall, is likely to close for extensive refurbishment works in 2013.

In an options paper released today, the council revealed that the library would remain within the Marylebone area, and the two sites being considered were Luxborough Street and Moxon Street, both in W1.

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The three tri-borough London councils of Westminster, Hammersmith & Fulham and Kensington and Chelsea are set to shine the spotlight on children’s care proceedings in a groundbreaking national pilot to speed up the family court process.

The new Care Proceedings Pilot, unveiled during a speech on adoption and care proceedings by Education Secretary Michael Gove this morning, will be launched on 1 April and is a national first, acting as a litmus test for what could be rolled out across the country.

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Ambitious plans to transform an area of Westminster to create new homes and open spaces have taken a big step closer to becoming a reality, council chiefs announced today (21 Feb).

Westminster Council’s cabinet have approved the next stage of regeneration plans for Tollgate Gardens which is part of a wider improvement programme for number of areas in Westminster including Church Street and Paddington Green.

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One of London’s most iconic bridges is undergoing a programme of major lighting improvements in time for this year’s Olympic Games.

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