Housing

Key Worker Living Rent: Right Fight, Wrong Time?

For those of us still floating above the waves, the Mayor has launched a new housing product:…

If this Government is serious about growth it must bring back Section 106BA now

Several years ago, during the dying embers of the last Government, I was invited into a roundtable…

Small sites, big lessons

It was back in the middle of the pandemic that

Travels abroad: why leadership matters in development

Over the past year I’ve had the opportunity to spend time in some of the world’s most…

Concrete, Construction and Collapse: What Plunging Material Demand Tells Us About UK Planning

In isolation, a drop in concrete sales might look like a cyclical…

Look East for opportunity in Newham

Over 20 years ago in July 2005 London won its bid to host the 2012 Olympics. The…

Housebuilding: The Golden Goose Is Dead

Let’s start with a short analogy. Picture a small manufacturer beginning the week. They make a respectable…

Fast Track and Late Stage Reviews: London Planning Caught in Its Own Policy Trap

The London Mayoral fast track route was intended to bring clarity and momentum to London’s planning system….

You have till midnight Thursday to help make the temporary measures count

Everyone should welcome the Government’s intent around the emergency measures for London and the wider ambition to…

Big Capital, a retrospective

Nearly a decade after the publication of Anna Minton’s book Big Capital, Who Is London For,…