Over Half of London Office-To-Residential Conversion Plans Given Green Light

London's local authorities gave the green-light for over 50% of applications to turn office blocks into homes in the three months to June 2014, according to new research. Property consultancy Daniel Watney found that 457 prior approval applications were made across the capital in the period, of which 56% were granted, 25% were refused and 19% were deemed not to need prior approval. Read more on 24dash.