What Michael Gove can learn from the Northern Line extension
The opening of the Northern Line extension this week is a huge moment for Battersea and London. It shows…
Au revoir Robert Jenrick and thank you for the memories
A camel is a horse designed by committee. The same is true of the UK planning system. A hodgepodge…
It’s not the lack of design codes which has stopped Britain building beautiful
When launching the Government’s new Office for Place, Robert Jenrick made it clear he disproved of the development industry’s…
Jenrick needs a bedrock of data if planning reform is to succeed
Read any good book on the science of innovation and you realise that beneath the success stories lies a…
Planning reform essential if we want to give the young a shot at owning
There has been much talk in the media of a further watering down of the Government’s planning reforms. Opposition…
The Cambridge conundrum
The housing affordability challenge is not a uniquely London problem. The team has been doing some interesting analysis with…
A cast-iron guarantee?
If the Government isn’t able to get enough homes built, then the next best thing is to make the…
New research on what’s happening to small sites
Next week Judith Salomon and I in the Pocket team will be presenting new research on small sites…
Another new deal
It seems like every UK Prime Minister wants to follow in the hallowed footsteps of the thirty second president…
What now for planning reform?
Pre-lockdown there was much talk from Government of ambitious planning reform. An indication of the kind of posture we…
