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Help shape the conversation

From the beginning, I wanted Prop Views to become more than a personal publication. Housing is far too important, and far too complicated, to be understood through a single perspective. Every planner, developer, architect, investor, housing association, consultant, local authority and policymaker experiences a different part of the system, bringing their own expertise, priorities and challenges. Those perspectives will not always agree, nor should they. In my experience, the most valuable conversations often emerge when experienced people approach the same problem from different directions.

My ambition is to build a publication that reflects that diversity of experience. Some contributors may write occasionally, while others may become regular columnists, but what matters is not how often someone publishes. What matters is whether they can help readers better understand housing, planning and development through knowledge earned in practice rather than opinion formed at a distance.

Who we’re looking for

I’m particularly interested in hearing from practitioners who have spent years working within their field and have developed a perspective they believe others would benefit from reading. That might include developers, planners, architects, surveyors, economists, housing associations, investors, consultants, local government leaders, academics or others working across the built environment.

The strongest contributors are rarely those with the loudest opinions. More often, they are people who have spent years making difficult decisions, balancing competing priorities and learning from experience. They understand that housing is full of trade-offs and that the most interesting questions rarely produce simple answers. They are prepared to explain not only what they think, but how they arrived at that conclusion.

What makes a Prop Views article?

The purpose of a Prop Views article is not simply to express an opinion. It is to help readers understand how an experienced practitioner thinks.

The articles I enjoy publishing most are thoughtful rather than reactive. They explain rather than preach, explore rather than campaign and leave room for nuance rather than certainty. They are grounded in evidence and professional experience, acknowledge complexity where it exists and contribute something genuinely useful to the wider conversation.

Ultimately, I hope readers finish an article with a better understanding of the subject than when they began. They do not have to agree with every conclusion, but they should come away feeling that they have spent time with someone who understands their discipline and has something worthwhile to say about it.

Editorial principles

Every contributor will bring their own voice, experience and perspective. I would never want Prop Views to sound as though it had been written by a single person. What I do hope contributors share is a common editorial philosophy.

A great Prop Views article is written from experience rather than assumption. It explains complex ideas clearly without oversimplifying them, respects nuance and acknowledges competing viewpoints. It challenges ideas rather than individuals, contributes something meaningful to the wider debate and leaves readers better informed than they were before they started reading.

Those principles are intended to encourage diversity of thought, not uniformity of opinion. The publication will be stronger because contributors disagree with one another, provided those disagreements are grounded in evidence, professional judgement and a genuine desire to improve the conversation.

Join the publication

If you’ve spent years working in housing, planning, development or the wider built environment and have developed a perspective that deserves a wider audience, I’d genuinely like to hear from you.

Whether you’re interested in contributing a single article or becoming a regular columnist, my hope is that Prop Views becomes a publication where experienced practitioners can step back from the pace of everyday work, reflect on what they have learned and share ideas that help others better understand one of the most important challenges facing the country.