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Every London development, on one page you can rely on.

Lintel keeps a researched record of new-build developments across London: who is building what, where it has got to, what was permitted, and what the homes are selling for. Each fact says where it came from and when it was checked.

It is for people who have to answer "what's happening at that site?" and "what is it competing with?" many times a week, and would rather not spend an afternoon on each one.

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New apartment buildings at East Wick and Sweetwater, on the edge of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, with a canal in the foreground.
East Wick and Sweetwater, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Developer photograph, used with permission.

What a record gives you

The scheme, pinned down

Its current name and the names it has had, the borough, the address, and the planning red line drawn on the map where the authority publishes one. Marketing names are matched to the permissions behind them.

Where it has got to

The stage of the build, the number of homes, the tenure mix, and the affordable share, each stated for the scope it actually covers: the whole development, one phase, or one permission. When two sources disagree, both figures are shown with their basis.

The story, dated

Permissions, starts on site, topping out, launches, completions and sales milestones, newest first, each with its source. Forecasts are kept apart from things that have happened.

Who is involved

Developer, housing provider, contractor, architect and agent, as the sources name them. Where nobody is named, the record says so rather than guessing.

Prices and sales

Current asking prices with their tenure stated, price per square foot where a listing gives the area, service charges where published, and HM Land Registry sale dates and prices for the site.

What it competes with

Nearby developments side by side, with the same figures on the same basis, so a shared-ownership share price is never set against an open-market asking price.

How it's built

Records are put together from public sources: the planning authorities' own records, developers' own publications, council reports, and HM Land Registry's Price Paid Data. Each source is read, its wording is cited against the claim it supports, and an independent check reads the finished record against those sources before it is accepted.

Two rules run through everything. A figure carries its scope and its date, because "459 homes" means something different for a phase than for a whole estate, and a completion forecast from 2022 is not a position today. And when something cannot be established, the record says "not established" rather than filling the gap.

Today Lintel covers 102 developments, from single buildings to estate regenerations of several thousand homes, and grows as customers ask for schemes.

Example of a current position
London Square Bermondsey, SE1. Three phases; the first two occupied, the third (The Malthouse, 183 homes including 60 social rent) marketed with completion forecast for late 2028. 459 homes planned at completion, calculated from 276 delivered and 183 permitted; the original 406-home consent is recorded as history.
What that rests on
Southwark's planning register and committee minutes, the applicant's planning statement, London Square's factsheet and development page, Southwark's affordable-delivery report, and the Datahub decision and commencement dates, each cited on the record.

See it on your own patch

Lintel is sold as a subscription to estate agencies and developers. The quickest way to judge it is to look at the developments you already know. Email us with your area or a few schemes and we'll walk you through their records.

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