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…
The curious case of the vanishing HA
As we head into another Party Conference season, the development sector remains in a significant state of distress with…
London land market stand off must not become a UK one
A year ago, propviews posted on the London land market stand off – what’s going to give. We…
Westferry reboot and Anglia Square relaunch demonstrate more stable trading conditions ahead
Perhaps a signal the UK development sector is starting to turn a corner is when some of the totemic…
Talk of the town
Talk of New Towns suggests finally long-term thinking about infrastructure in the UK. The political cycle is not kind…
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…
Rent control is not an answer to London’s constrained housing supply
I attended the Centre for London Housing summit last Wednesday. It was a good conference where London’s public estate…
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…
