Promising signs from Whitehall for first time buyers
At last – MHCLG is taking a serious look at the merits of the introducing a new…
The planning system does not reflect public opinion. It reflects who turns up.
Planning reform is everywhere. New targets. New thresholds. New rules for committees, appeals and plan-making.
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…
Green snake oil over the Mayor’s housing quotas is shameful
Anyone with even a basic understanding of planning would have found Wednesday’s Today Programme deeply frustrating. I…
Time for a outward facing RIBA
Architects have never been more needed, yet our influence has never felt more fragile. I hear it…
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
The Last of the Threshold Chasers – Part 1
The Battersea Glassmill decision and the policy that requires a tower to work — then refuses the…
UKREiiF – Key Takeways Day 2
Lots of insights coming out as the UK grapples with the brownfield emergency:
