New Town in Enfield increasingly challenged
On 28 May 2026, Enfield’s new Conservative leader Alessandro Georgiou wrote to housing minister Matthew Pennycook to…
The Last of the Threshold Chasers – Part 1
The Battersea Glassmill decision and the policy that requires a tower to work — then refuses the…
The Estate Agency Reckoning: Why the Black Book Is No Longer Enough
For decades the UK development land and commercial agency market relied on a familiar model: relationships, applicant…
“A Great Day for Peckham”
The Aylesham Centre decision and the system that has learned to…
UKREiiF – Key Takeways Day 2
Lots of insights coming out as the UK grapples with the brownfield emergency:
Take the Housing Minister at His Word
“Fully expected and anticipated in opposition.” That is how Matthew Pennycook described the collapse…
Back to Leeds: The Scorecard
UKREiif 2026 — 12 months on, what came true, what didn’t We’re back. UKREiif…
The Emergency Measures Are Right — But will the Boroughs back them?
I have tried throughout my time writing on London housing policy to be constructively critical of the…
Parkhurst Part 2: Before and After, Land Strikes and Practical vs Theory
Part 1 of this series established that the conclusions from Parkhurst Road Ltd v Secretary of State…
London local elections – initial reactions
Greens have made significant gains in Hackney, Haringey and Waltham Forest. Haringey and Hackney have both been…
