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:
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…
