London local elections – initial reactions
Greens have made significant gains in Hackney, Haringey and Waltham Forest. Haringey and Hackney have both been…
The Letter to London Crowd Have Found a New Way to Be Wrong
This is not a minor offence….
Parkhurst: The judgement nobody read but shut down the London land market for a generation
Part 1 of a deep dive propviews on why the London planning framework has…
Can developers use ai to get rid of architects…?
The architect’s new job is not to produce. It’s to know what problem you’re actually trying to…
It takes a decade: How London broke its housing market
Setting the scene There is no singular cause…
Lets release our talented planners from information overload
There isn’t a debate about planning that happens without at least some reference to the increasing complexity…
Our suburbs can offer innovative ways to unlock new homes
80% of us live in the suburbs. Whilst often the debate around density is characterised around taller…
Shelter, viability and the myth of the “free lunch” in land
With the development sector sustaining significant losses, sites stalling and the industry contracting, it was both poorly…
YIMBY is running out of momentum—It must find new ways to make its case
One of the defining features of the UK housing and planning debate in recent years has been…
Black swans, cost inflation and the London Mayor is now King – Part 3
It is now increasingly clear that this conflict is not a short-lived shock despite the American President’s…
