Why we need a Minister for Development Delivery
It was both eye catching and smart for Keir Starmer to include several individuals with commercial experience in his…
Major site in Nine Elms goes down at Wandsworth Planning
Following over an hour of discussion last week, Wandsworth’s Planning Application Committee retrospectively refused Watkin Jones’s Booker site in…
Uneasy lies the head that holds the London mayoralty
Just before Christmas as we were shutting down our screens, out popped a GLA Practice Note to entertain…
Let’s welcome a return to professional town planning
Arguably several decades too late, the UK polity has finally begun to accept the way planning applications up and…
Systemic bankruptcy in UK town halls will hold back growth
Local government has been fraying at the seams for some years now. In 2018, Northamptonshire County Council issued a…
The housing crunch: We need a rethink on how we deliver affordable homes
Last week, the quarterly planning application statistics were released highlighting a 9% fall in received applications from the…
More professionalism, less populism Mr Starmer
A momentous result was delivered by the people two weeks ago. They said no to the Conservative Party, which…
Managing the manifesto hyperbole
The party manifestos are out – and there are lots of shiny new promises which our political leaders hope…
Election can offer a sensible planning system reboot
We’re in election mode. The Labour leader is going around all the media outlets telling everyone he is a…
UKREiiF might have been rainy but it offers sunnier days ahead for the UK’s built environment
Well that was UKREiiF and despite the inclement weather, the conference proved to be a useful forum for casting…
