Issue pil129 APRIL-JUNE 2024

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Planning in London Issue 128 january-march 2024

CONTENTS

Page5 LEADERS .pdf
Achievement to be celebrated
Let’s not go back to the future

7 PAUL FINCH .pdf
London – procrastination city
8 LEE MALLETT .pdf
A more humane City

9 Biodiversity Net gain | Nick White

OPINIONS
15 Small sites | Riëtte Oosthuizen .pdf
16 Just Build Homes | Millie Dodd .pdf
17 Viability | Andrew Golland
19 Leasehold homes | Nick Baker
20 An Accelerated Planning System? | Simon Ricketts
22 Planning reform | Andrew Carter
23 Planning for water stress | Matt Clarke
24 AI in architecture | Dean Hodcroft

28 BRIEFING
CLIPBOARD: Dirty protest – Spectral residues haunt the platforms of the Elizabeth Line; Homes granted permission fall 20 per cent over the year; Second staircase requirement to take effect in September 2026; Validating applications adds to delays; Government clampdown will lead to more refusals and appeals; London’s councils
£400m shortfall; Retrofit Toolkit aims for a net-zero Square Mile – Retrofit Toolkit summary

32 PLANNING PERFORMANCE .pdf
Decisions both decided and granted continue to fall over the past year

36 LONDON PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT FORUM .pdf
Annual planning update conference
New NPPF, more homes, transport planning and what might change under Labour
36 THE NEW NPPF & DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT REFORM Mike Kiely & Dan Slade
46 THE LONDON PLAN AND HOUSE BUILDING Prof Janice Morphet, UCL: building by local authorities
Prof Les Mayhew, Bayes Business School: Older peoples housing – time for change
48 TRANSPORT PLANNING, what’s new? David Hart & Jolyon Drury on kerbside challenges freight, distribution and kerbside conflicts
52 PLANNING UNDER LABOUR – WHAT MIGHT AND WHAT SHOULD CHANGE?
Prof Michael Edwards, UCL & John Walker, CT Group

55 ANDREW ROGERS
Let’s not trouble the planners

57 ¡PILLO!
They keep on coming; This is an M&S planning decision; F–Off!; MMC gone wrong; Re-imagining The Tipperary; Presumption in favour of brownfield; Budget comment

FEATURES
58 Ramboll’s Green spaces toolkit | Lee Mallett .pdf
61 Build to Rent | Jacqui Daly
64 London's next 30-year development cycle | Greg Clark
67 London’s productivity | Jon Tabbash .pdf
70 Housing for seniors | Nicola Gooch and Oliver Knight

BOOKS
72 BOOKS: Property: The myth that built the world | Reviewed by Nicholas de Klerk

75 PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT REFERENCE GUIDE

78 SUBSCRIPTION ORDER FORM

79 SHAPING THE WORLD .pdf
The Gerrard Arcade | Mark Willingale

83 ADVICE .PDF

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