Issue pil113 APRIL-JUNE 2020

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5 LEADERS
After the lockdown, Home working isn’t what it was in 1974 .PDF

7 THE ILLUMINATED RIVER
The world’s largest public art installation .PDF

12 OPINIONS
Urban densification is sustainable – Rich Hyams; Failings of Design & Build – Russell Curtis; Reusing old buildings – Richard Griffiths; making a plan – Drummond Robson; The beauty brigade – Paul Finch; New Permitted Development rights – Stuart Baillie; Heathrow expansion – Angus Walker;

14 FORUM GOES ONLINE
Give us your comments on the contents of this issue at www.planninginlondon.org .PDF

20 BRIEFING
Councils told to use delegated powers and digital ingenuity to keep the planning system going; Planning committees
permitted to go virtual; Peek Freans takes the biscuit; London's Low Line; Call for high street experts; Renewable energy at record levels last year; Comments by London Forum on the changes to the NLP directed by the Secretary of State

23 Simon Ricketts
A bad start to the day for any Mayor – Directed modifications to the London Plan

25 Museum of London
Plans for Smithfield West

27 ¡PILLO!
Wildlife for World Heritage; Are planners ‘Key Workers’?; Thoughts on the pandemic
and lockdown...

28 PLANNING PERFORMANCE
Decreasing trend in applications and decisions granted continues

34 LONDON PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT FORUM
Next meeting: Zoom in on 1st June at 2.30pm

35 ANDY ROGERS
Planning for in the Future

36 BIDS IN THE CITY
Tom Sleigh .PDF

38 GREATER LONDON 2020 – AN INTERIM DELIVERABLE PLAN
The New London Plan – a plan without a realisable purpose – Drummond Robson & Gary Young .PDF

52 COASTAL FLOOD DEFENCE AND URBAN CONNECTIVITY
Mark Willingale on Metrotidal urban orbitals .PDF

58 LOW CARBON HEATHROW
Lars Christian

60 PLANNING IS POLITICAL
Darryl Chen reports on the London Society planning school

62 FROM SWINGING LONDON TO THE WORLD’S GREATEST CITY
Peter Murray .PDF

71 DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY TO REINVENT CONSTRUCTION
Jan Tore Grindheim .PDF

73 FIXING THE HOUSING CRISIS
Carl Dyer

76 BOOKS .PDF
Making Better Places – Hugh Petter
On Intricacy: The Work of John Meunier: John Meunier & Patrick Lynch
Retrofitting for Flood Resilience – Nigel Moor

85 PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT REFERENCE GUIDE
Contacts in all London Boroughs and more .PDF

88 SUBSCRIPTION FORM
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89 SHAPING LONDON – SIR TERRY FARRELL/Neil Bennett
The Thames, London’s engine room .PDF

91 ADVICE
Consultants and services .PDF

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