Fund it or free it: We must do better on small sites and SMEs
The government’s decision to drop cash-in-lieu flexibility for medium sites landed on the same day as the…
New NPPF gets some calls right — But ducks the one that would have helped SMEs most
The revised NPPF landed yesterday and the initial reaction across the planning world has been warm to…
Draft London Plan 2026: Viability Heads or Tails
Part 2 of a propviews deep dive into the new Draft The new emerging…
Honey Monster: A tale of London’s lost housing supply
This week CyrusOne secured approval for a hyperscale data centre on a 16-acre site in Southall, and…
Draft London Plan Consultation: The Greenbelt Gamble
Part 1 of a propviews investigation into the assumptions underpinning the latest London Plan consultation
One letter, two plans and a million jobs
The Pennycook intervention and the collateral damage that the planning system…
The levers are there. Nobody knows how to pull them
Part Two: How a decade of layered housing policy has left the state unable to correct course
Looking for levers: Has Government run out of ideas to boost growth?
Part 1 of a three part deep dive into why the Government appears to struggle to turn…
UK Town Planning: A board of snakes and ladders
On 15 June, Housing and Planning Minister Matthew Pennycook designated nine councils under section 62A of the…
Parkhurst Part 3: The Age of Enforcement
How the circularity problem was real, how City Hall over corrected, and the Age of Enforcement
