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Planning in London: epil 66
...July-September 2008 ePiL - your free updater from Planning in London, the quarterly journal of the London Planning & Development Forum – Brian Waters, Paul Finch & Lee Mallett
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- What's in the latest Planning in London magazine
- Borough planning performance statistics for housing and contacts for all London boroughs, consultant listings and more.
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- WHAT'S IN the July-September issue of PLANNING IN LONDON magazine, issue 66
page 5 LEADER/OPINIONS Boris on Planning – what can we expect? Michael Bach; In his own words… What are the prospects for meeting housing needs in London? – The Rt Hon Nick Raynsford is MP for Greenwich & Woolwich
10 SKETCH Planning application to alter wall
11 LONDON FIRST Judith Salomon; Full of Eastern promise – regenerating East London; The show must go on...beyond 2012
14 DIARY and next Forum meeting
15 BRIEFING London applications determined up five per cent on year earlier; Mayor Boris Johnson’s published planning priorities – Peter Eversden
19 PLANNING LEGISLATION BRIEFING Sara Hanrahan senior planning partner, Winckworth Sherwood on the Planning Bill
20 Housing delivery and sustainable communities Duncan Bowie
22 The compact city GMW’s Terry Brown says humanity is opting for the urban life
25 Civilised streets? Designing and managing spaces to be inclusive is both morally and legally the right thing to do. CABE’s Edward Hobson
28 Surface access to London’s airports Geoff Copley and Kerry Bangle outline the planning for a second runway at London Stansted
31 The rediscovery of our city centres The master planner needs to become the orchestrator of a whole range of creative talents, writes John Letherland of Farrells
36 WiMBY! (Welcome into my back yard!) Michelle Provoost demonstrates by example how to revive an area by using what’s already there
39 Householder planning appeals – easier, simpler and faster: Ben Linscott, Assistant Director at PINS
41 To park or not to park How much and where to provide parking in large-scale residential developments is controversial. Karin Roßmark of Urban Initiatives
44 Garden grabbing in London Barrister Suzanne Ornsby on the Mayor’s pledge to save suburban gardens
48 Community Infrastructure Levy More uncertainty says Barry Jeeps of Stephenson Harwood
50 place of design in Local Development Frameworks Esther Kurland on Urban Design London’s LDF recent policy meeting
51 Success on appeal An analysis of appeals by Tim Craine of London Development Research
54 MGB – robustly protected or under threat? CPRE’s Paul Miner points to a growing gap between rhetoric and reality
57 Planning to change Simply Sustainable Homes by Tim Pullen; the author on his thinking
59 LONDON PLANNING DIRECTORY
55 Planning and Environment reference guide
58 Subscription form
59 Advice directory
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Planning in London: epil 65
...April-June 2008 ePiL - your free updater from Planning in London, the quarterly journal of the London Planning & Development Forum – Brian Waters, Paul Finch & Lee Mallett
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- What's in the latest Planning in London magazine
- Borough planning performance statistics for housing and contacts for all London boroughs, consultant listings and more.
- FREE! copy of Sir Peter Hall's London Voices.
- London Planning & Development Forum meetings are open to visitors. Next meeting is at RIBA London on 10th June. Principal discussion topic: Reviewing the planning system;
- Get your own personal copy of Planning in London at 66% off the corporate subscription rate.
- How to get the new 2008 Planning in London Yearbook
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WINNER! Magazine of the Year [non weekly] – International Building Press awards 2007.
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- WHAT'S IN the April-June issue of PLANNING IN LONDON magazine, issue 65
page 5 LEADER/OPINIONS
Building control shows planning how to provide a service; ‘An end to the waiting game for planning decisions’; Heathrow expansion – bringing colour to the debate: Baroness Jo Valentine, Chief Executive of London First; A better not a bigger Heathrow: Tim Wacher; Designing for terror: Jolyon Drury; What does the new Infrastructure Levy mean for London?Catherine Glossop
11 London First
Judith Salomon; Power to the people; At a crossroads – regeneration at King’s Cross
14 Diary
and next Forum meeting.
15 Briefing
London applications and decisions both up 11 per cent; 18 Guidance for local planning authorities, The validation of planning applications: Drummond Robson, provides a second critique of the regime which came into force on 6th April; 20 Quality and quantity: who are we building for? Duncan Bowie explains the need for a change of direction for housing in London; 23 The Planning Bill: Striving still to shape the nation. Andrew Rogers
25 LP&DF
Validation and housing policies
26 Westminster’s call for better design
Councillor Robert Davis
28 City upbeat despite the credit crunch
Clive Branson talked to Peter Bennett, the City Surveyor
29 Designing for London
Spencer de Grey, senior partner, Foster + Partners, considers what makes a city a successful, memorable or an appealing place to live
38 Making sure live/work as a concept doesn’t die. Yuda Ambalo, managing director of developer Investland
41 Fragments of a wilderness city. The city becomes again a safe haven, says Bryan Avery
45 Books
The Planning Game by Ken Dijksman: Review by Andrew Rogers; From Agit-Prop to Free Space: The Architecture of Cedric Price by Stanley Matthews: Review by ePiL winner Nicholas Beech, PhD student at The Bartlett; Boom Bust – House Prices, Banking and the Depression of 2010 by Fred Harrison: Review by Dan Lewis
48 Cadogan Hall and the Saatchi Gallery
Alec Howard and Calvin Bruce partners in Paul Davis + Partners, architects
51 Zero-carbon London
Targets set for CO2 reduction in London appear to be insurmountable. They need not be says Rory Bergin, head of sustainability & innovation at HTA.
53 Planning for town centres in London
London boroughs must plan for their future growth says Michael Bach
Michael Bach was author of PPG16 and PPS16 at ODPM
55 Directory
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2 July
PLANNING FOR A BETTER GLOBAL CITY
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Principal discussion topic*: Reviewing the planning system; including presentation on private involvement in development control by Urban Vision/Capita. Meetings are open to visitors. Please call Drummond Robson, Forum Secretary, on 020 8449 3113 or robplan@btconnect.com to confirm details of the event and names of those who wish to attend. Please advise if you have a special interest. *PROVISIONAL; PLEASE CHECK WITH http://www.planninginlondon.com > LP&DF.
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Planning in London: epil 64
...January-March 2008 ePiL - your free updater from Planning in London,
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- What's in the latest Planning in London magazine
- Borough planning performance statistics for housing and contacts for all London boroughs, consultant listings and more.
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- London Planning & Development Forum meetings are open to visitors. Next meeting is at City Hall on 10th December. Principal discussion topic: new rules for Validation of Applications and the new form 1APP – mandatory from 6th April.
- Get your own personal copy of Planning in London at 66% off the corporate subscription rate.
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WINNER! Magazine of the Year [non weekly] – International Building Press awards 2007. Runners-up: Architectural Review and Icon. Weekly winner: Building.
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- WHAT'S IN the January-March issue of PLANNING IN LONDON magazine, issue 64
4 FRONTISPIECE The London Transport Museum, Covent Garden by Avery Associates.
5 OPINIONS A House of God, Greening London’s boroughs, Summer all year round, APP1: the looming crisis, Students need to be housed as part of the community, Criminalising breaches of plannin g control, Victoria transport interchange.
11 LONDON FIRST Judith Salomon; Improving the quality of decisions; Regeneration schemes star in London Planning Awards shortlist.
14 DIARY and next Forum meeting.
15 BRIEFING/PILLO! Planning Applications July-September 2007, UDP update; !PILLO! Design review panels for London.
20 LONDON PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT FORUM The place of design in planning.
23 LARGE SCALE SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES – Judith Ryser says Thames Gateway is off the scale.
26 DELIVERING THAMES GATEWAY DOESN’T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY – Michael Edwards, UCL.
28 ECO-TOWNS RECONCILING ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT – CPRE’s Neil Sinden.
33 BROWNFIELD REMEDIATION: A LESSON IN TIME Dr Marcel Steward, AON
38 LARGE SCALE MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT Simon Ricketts of SJ Berwin.
41 HIGH DENSITY – THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX Quintain’s head of planning, Nigel Hawkey.
43 LONDON’S REACH FOR COMMUTERS Lucien Cook of Savills Research
45 THAMES GATEWAY PERCEPTIONS – GIVING MEANING TO AN IDEA, John Worthington
49 CROSSRAIL APPROACHING THE STARTING BLOCKS: Is it really going to happen asks Michael Schabas.
52 PUTTING MARKETS ON THE MAP, George Nicholson
55 LONDON PLANNING DIRECTORY
55 Planning and Environment reference guide
58 Subscription form
59 Advice directory
(a selection of items may be downloaded as .pdf files from LATEST ISSUE page or ARCHIVE PiL64 )
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AJ CONFERENCES: Details: 0845 056 8069 www.architectsjournal.co.uk
14 February
Designing for Floodplains
An architect's guide to key design strategies for flood risk control and flood mitigation
21 February
Masterplanning 2008
Meeting today's urban design challenges through inspirational masterplanning
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- Planning Advice: where to find specialist consultants
- Listing of all London Borough planning and environment department and other useful contacts
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- The next meeting of the London Planning & Development Forum is at City Hall, 2.30 to 5.30pm on Monday 10th March 2008* hosted by the GLA.
Principal discussion topic: Validation of Applications, Guidance to Local Planning Authorities due to be introduced through secondary legislation on 6th April 2008, along with the new application form 1APP. Meetings are open to visitors. Please call Drummond Robson, Forum Secretary, on 020 8449 3113 or robplan@btconnect.com to confirm details of the event and names of those who wish to attend. Please advise if you have a special interest.
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Planning in London: epil 62
...July-September 2007 ePiL - your free updater from Planning in London, the quarterly journal of the London Planning & Development Forum – Brian Waters, Paul Finch & Lee Mallett
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In this ePiL please find:
- What's in the latest Planning in London magazine
- Borough planning performance statistics for housing and contacts for all London boroughs, consultant listings and more.
- FREE! copy of Town Planning at your fingertips CD-ROM – but there's a catch.
- London Planning & Development Forum meetings are open to visitors. Next meeting is at the Government Office for London on 19th September. Principal discussion topic: the Planning White Paper.
- Get your own personal copy of Planning in London at 66% off the corporate subscription rate.
- How to get the 2007 Planning in London Yearbook FREE with every new corporate subscription!
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*Magazine of the Year [non weekly] Finalist with Architectural Review and the winner Icon – International Building Press awards 2006. The judges made special mention of Planning in London which they described as "an essential read for property professionals but also an extremely informative one for laymen."
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- WHAT'S IN the July-September issue of PLANNING IN LONDON magazine, issue 62
1 What's in it for the suburbs? (Hellman)
4 FRONTISPIECE: RIBA awards for London
5 LEADER/OPINIONS* And now for the outer suburbs; Urbanisation 2.00: the mother of all building booms – Dan Lewis; The coming of age of the ‘bully’ state – Ranald Macdonald; An unacceptable non-standard standard form – Andrew Rogers; “Create problems in the centre of your city, build something nice. Then you will be re-elected” – Jeremy Melvin; Housing growth in London – Rory Brooke.
10 DIARY and next Forum meeting
11 LONDON FIRST Judith Salomon; New Prime Minister: New agenda for London; London Planning Awards 2007 A judge’s eye view
14 BRIEFING/PILLO!* Performance; And in the blue corner... shadow boxing at the RTPI
16 LONDON PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT FORUM London Plan alterations: mock examination anticipated real thing
20 HEATHROW IS FULL! Lord Clive Soley
22 To Fix Heathrow, extend Crossrail to Stansted Michael Schabas
24 London's economy and sustainable development UCL’s Michael Edwards
26 Saving small shops Cllr. Merrick Cockell
29 MAKING PLACES* HTA’s Ben Derbyshire
32 Better planning needs political will* Sir Stuart Lipton
34 Think! of LES-TER and don’t forget to act BPF’s Liz Peace
36 Design review for Hackney Cllr. Guy Nicholson
38 Local bids for housing land can boost supply LSE’s Dr. Tim Leunig
40 Positive thinking about London’s suburbs Ben Kochan
42 Planning is a truly positive force for good in society* Rt Hon Nick Raynsford MP
46 The design bits of PPS3 CABE’s Esther Kurland
49 Sustainability and commercial property Louise Ellison of the Investment Property Forum
51 The realities of installing zero carbon technologies Brian Mark of Fulcrum Consulting
53 BOOKS* Hampstead Garden Suburb: Arts and Crafts Utopia? Dr Mervyn Miller, reviewed by Alan Byrne; Place and Home: the search for better housing – PRP architects, reviewed by Bernard Hunt; Designing Community, reviewed by David Gallagher.
55 LONDON PLANNING DIRECTORY* 55 Planning and Environment reference guide 58 Subscription form 59 Advice directory*
EXTRA FEATURE: THE URGENT NEED FOR LIVING ROOFS IN LONDON* by Liam Foster of Hyder Consulting
(*these items may be downloaded as .pdf files from http://www.planninginlondon.com)
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- SPECIAL OFFER for PiL readers: this CD-ROM at only £32.50. mailto:info@int-pfi.com or visit http://www.int-inf.com (see flyer in the mag.)
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- In PiL and on http://www.planninginlondon.com > DIRECTORY find:
- Latest planning performance statistics for all London boroughs
- Planning Advice: where to find specialist consultants
- Listing of all London Borough planning and environment department and other useful contacts
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- The next meeting of the London Planning & Development Forum is at the Government Office for London, 2.30 to 5.30pm on 19th September.
Principal discussion topic: the Planning White Paper and consultation responses
Meetings are open to visitors. Please call Drummond Robson,
Forum Secretary, on 020 8449 3113 or robplan@btconnect.com to confirm details of the event and names of those who wish to attend. Please advise if you have a special interest.
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...April-June 2007 ePiL - your free updater from Planning in London*, the quarterly journal of the London Planning & Development Forum – Brian Waters, Paul Finch & Lee Mallett
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In this ePiL please find:
- What's in the latest Planning in London magazine
- Borough planning performance statistics and contacts for all London boroughs, consultant listings and more.
- FREE! copy of Hampstead Garden Suburb by Mervyn Miller – but there's a catch.
- London Planning & Development Forum meetings are open to visitors. Next meeting is at UCL and is a mock Hearing in Public of the London Plan amendments and a discussion of the Planning White Paper
- HOT conferences and events including B-E-X in Valencia!
- Get your own personal copy of Planning in London at 66% off the corporate subscription rate.
- How to get the 2007 Planning in London Yearbook
- www.PiLjobs.com NOW LIVE! – The UK portal for jobs in town planning
*Magazine of the Year [non weekly] Finalist with Architectural Review and the winner Icon – International Building Press awards 2006. The judges made special mention of Planning in London which they described as "an essential read for property professionals but also an extremely informative one for laymen."
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- WHAT'S IN the April-June issue of PLANNING IN LONDON magazine, issue 61
page 1 Can impacts replace rules? (Hellman)
4 FRONTISPIECE World class architecture for Croydon
5 LEADER/OPINIONS* ‘Till the cows come home; The Olympic legacy will be the intangibles: Sir Robin Wales; No allowance for windfalls anymore:Christine Field; Starting the clock: when is an application properly made?: Simon Ricketts; When impact may not mean a collision: Andrew Rogers.
9 LETTER from Sir Terry Farrell: Gateway plan not ‘London-centric’.
10 DIARY and next Forum meeting
11 LONDON FIRST Judith Salomon; The Mayor’s housing strategy; Crossrail – the time is now; London Planning Awards add new category for 2007.
14 BRIEFING* DCLG borough performance tables; !PILLO!
16 LONDON PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT FORUM
There is a duty to consult – but how to go about it?
18 BOOKS 1 Riëtte Oosthuizen of Knight Frank reviews Neighbourhood Renewal and Housing Markets ed by Harris Beider.
19 EFFECTS-BASED vs ACTIVITY-BASED PLANNING* Zoë Cooper of the EA explains the New Zealand system.
21 LIBERATING CONTROL OF THE USE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS* Brian Waters (your editor) says its time to rethink the UCO.
25 ADAPTABLE FLOORSPACE – A NEW CITY FABRIC?* Architect Alex Lifschutz argues for buildings which convert easily between different uses
29 THE MAYOR’S SUB-REGIONS – FIT FOR WHAT PURPOSE? Martin Simmons puts forward a different approach.
32 SUSTAINABLE SUBURBIA* Sir Richard MacCormac shows how.
37 LONDON’S UNTAPPED POTENTIAL FOR HOUSING ‘Windfall’ and small sites have much to contribute says Will Teasdale of Llewelyn Davies Yeang.
40 RE-USING PUBLICLY OWNED LAND FOR HOUSING
RPS’ Stephen Miles on the conclusions of his report for the TCPA.
43 BOOKS 2 Graham Loveland reviews Harley Sherlock’s An Architect in Islington.
44 RE-ENGINEERING THE EUROPEAN CITY David Mackay of MBM Arquitectes, Barcelona.
47 RE-INTEGRATING PLANNING AND TRANSPORT Professor Alan Wenban-Smith says road-user charges will help.
51 EARTH INC. – A NEW ECONOMIC ENTITY Monetise characteristics of the planet not yet given a price, suggests engineer Bryn Bird.
53 PLANNING AGAINST GROWTH Reform needs to be on the supply-side, says Dr Oliver Hartwich.
55 COUNCILLORS IN PLANNING A hot topic, explains Arup’s Jillian Hastings.
57 WHERE HAVE ALL THE PLANNERS GONE? A new report by Tim Edmundson and Elizabeth Rawson.
56 LONDON PLANNING DIRECTORY
59 Planning and Environment reference guide
62 Subscription form
63 Advice directory
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- The UK portal for jobs in town planning NEW from Planning in London!
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- Housing From Heaven conference 22 June at the RIBA with Wayne Hemmingway, Ben Derbyshire, Nick Johnson and Alison Brooks. Click http://www.foresight-design.co.uk or call 0870 429 4530.
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- Designing Tall Buildings AJ conference on 31 May.
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- The next meeting of the London Planning & Development Forum is at University College, London (The Bartlett) on Tuesday 12th June 2007* at 2.30 to 5.30pm
• A Shadow EIP for the London Plan further alterations, with invited participants involved in the formal sessions, and also to hear other opinions on the plan which can be forwarded to Chris Shepley's panel before it closes
• The meeting intends also to discuss the content of the White Paper on Planning due to be issued late in April.
Meetings are open to visitors. Please call Drummond Robson, Forum Secretary, on 020 8449 3113 or email robplan@btconnect.com to confirm details of the event and names of those who wish to attend. Please advise if you have a special interest.
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- BEX 2007: Sustainability, Collaboration and Innovation
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Planning in London: epil 60 January-March 2007
Planning in London: epil 60
...January-March 2007 ePiL - your free updater from Planning in London, the quarterly journal of the London Planning & Development Forum – Brian Waters, Paul Finch & Lee Mallett
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Magazine of the Year [non weekly] Finalist with Architectural Review and the winner Icon – International Building Press awards 2006. The judges made special mention of Planning in London which they described as "an essential read for property professionals but also an extremely informative one for laymen."
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- FREE! copy of Chambers London Gazetter and of London High by Herbert Wright – but there's a catch.
- London Planning & Development Forum meetings are open to visitors. Next meeting is at TCPA on Thursday 15th March 2007 at 2.30 to 5.30pm. Discussion topics:
• Householder consents & the future of consultation including Framework Documents
• Responses to the Barker Review of Planning, PPS 4 – The Economy, and the Use Classes Order.
- HOT conferences and events including B-E-X in Valencia!
- Get your own personal copy of Planning in London at 66% off the corporate subscription rate.
- How to get the new 2007 Planning in London Yearbook.
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- WHAT'S IN the January-March issue of PLANNING IN LONDON magazine, issue 60
page 1 How extreme is Stern? (Hellman)
4 FRONTISPIECE 2006 Camden Design Awards*.pdf
5 CELEBRATING 60 ISSUES OF PiL – Editors talking amongst themselves*.pdf
7 LEADER/OPINIONS Skills and capacity*.pdf, PPS 3 – much worse than the draft, Roger Humber; Bring on local design panels, David Cox; Necessity never made a good bargain, Andrew Rogers; Too much doing?; The Treasury tanks are on the planning lawn, Brian Waters*.pdf
12 LETTER from Katrine Sporle, chief executive, The Planning Inspectorate
13 LONDON FIRST Judith Salomon; Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium scores in the 2006 London Planning Awards: results and winners illustrated.
16 BRIEFING/DIARY DCLG borough performance tables*.pdf; !PILLO!
19 HOW EXTREME IS STERN?*.pdf Dan Lewis’ economist’s critique as presented to the Forum
22 LONDON PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT FORUM Economics of climate change and Barker 2 at December’s Forum
27 THE TRUE EXTENT OF THE PLANNING BOTTLENECK Andrew Rogers on a survey by the Home Builders Federation
28 A COMMENTARY ON THE DESIGN BITS OF PPS 3*.pdf by CABE’s Esther Kurland 31 HEATHROW – A RETIREMENT PLAN Sir Peter Hall and Tony Hall
36 THAMES REACH TUNNEL – AN INTEGRATED IDEA Mark Willingale on the Bluebase proposal for sustainable growth in the Thames Gateway region
40 FROM BACKYARD TO GATEWAY– CREATING A VISION Sarah Allan introduces CABE’s guide: New Things Happen
42 BEING BRAVER WITH LAND ASSEMBLY Will McKee on the importance of owning the land
44 BEYOND AGEING AND DISABILITY The people-centred approach to inclusive design: Yanki Lee of RCA*.pdf
47 TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE SUBURBAN TOWN CENTRES Dr Nicholas Falk on what can be done
49 THE GREEN ROOF EFFECT Incorporating green roofs in major new London developments
53 PLANNING AND REGULATION OF ARCHITECTURE A survey of architects’ attitudes by King’s College, London
56 A TAX-LED STRATEGIC PLAN FOR LONDON A call for change in taxation: Ricardo’s Law by Fred Harrison
58 BOOKS Dan Lewis reviews Ricardo’s Law (see above)
56 LONDON PLANNING DIRECTORY
59 Planning and Environment reference guide*.pdf
62 Subscription form
63 Advice directory*.pdf
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- Henry Stewart 2007 planning briefing: essential for everyone looking for an update. With the Barker report out, the future of the planning system is set to change.
Click http://www.henrystewart.com/conferences/march2007/C071355/index.html for the full programme and details on how to book online.
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- In PiL and on http://www.planninginlondon.com > DIRECTORY find:
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- Planning Advice: where to find specialist consultants
- Expanded listing of all London Borough planning and environment department and other useful contacts
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- The next meeting of the London Planning & Development Forum is at the Town & Country Planning Association, 17 Carlton House Terrace SW1 on Thursday 15th March 2007 at 2.30 to 5.30pm. Discussion topics*:
• Householder consents & the future of consultation including Framework Documents – Les Sparks, CABE Commissioner invited.
• Responses to the Barker Review of Planning, PPS 4 – The Economy, and the Use Classes Order – Alison Moore of the Barker Review Team and author of the new PPS 4 invited.
Meetings are open to visitors. Please call Drummond Robson, Forum Secretary, on 020 8449 3113 or email robplan@btconnect.com to confirm details of the event and names of those who wish to attend. Please advise if you have a special interest.
*provisional, please check www.planninginlondon.com
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- BEX 2007: Sustainability, Collaboration and Innovation
Three words sum up this year’s annual Building Exchange event taking place in Valencia from June 18-20 2007. Details: http://www.b-e-x.com or email info@buildingonbusiness.com.
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- The BURA / Berkeley Debates: Challenge the Status Quo London, Jan-Mar 2007 – A series of early-evening debates stimulating thoughts on the most important emerging regeneration issues:
Density & Liveability 31 Jan 07
One Planet Living – the carbon challenge in regeneration 07 Feb 07
Is the Planning System overladen with consultees? 28 Feb 07
Housing management is the only thing that saves us from slums 28 Mar 07
Drinks follow each debate providing a fantastic networking opportunity. Each lecture costs just £65 + vat to attend. To book visit the events diary at www.bura.org.uk or contact events@bura.org.uk / 020 7539 4030.
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- LGA annual planning conference: Local Development Frameworks: success at the examination! Wednesday 31 January 2007. London
Call LGconnect on 020 7664 3131 or email info@lga.gov.uk for details.
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ePiL October-December 2006 (pil issue 59)
...October 2006 ePiL - your free updater from Planning in London, the quarterly journal of the London Planning & Development Forum – Brian Waters, Paul Finch & Lee Mallett
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In this ePiL please find:
- What's in the latest Planning in London magazine
- Find borough planning performance statistics and contacts for all London boroughs, consultant listings and more.
- FREE! copy of The Prefabricated Home by Colin Davies, Reakton Books but there's a catch.
- London Planning & Development Forum meetings are open to visitors. Next meeting is at RIBA 77 Portland Place (not 66) on Monday 11th December 2006* at 2.30 to 5.30pm. Discussion topics:
• Review of Government Planning; • The Economics of Climate Change. Sir Nicholas Stern’s Review.
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- WHAT'S IN the Oct-Dec issue of PLANNING IN LONDON magazine, issue 59
page 1 Mayor slams planning
FREE DVD: What are we waiting for? The case for decentralised energy courtesy Greenpeace
4 FRONTISPIECE Farringdon Futures: the images
5 LEADER/OPINIONS* Policy not delivery; Olympic legacy or Emperor’s new clothes?, End of the line, Micro-power through local planning
8 TRIBUTE TO GEOFF MARSH by Michael Bach
9 LONDON FIRST Judith Salomon; The future of London City airport, Housing and transport – the virtuous circle, 2006 London Planning Awards
12 BRIEFING*/DIARY - DCLG borough performance tables; !PILLO! Planning Inspectorate learns new validation tricks
16 LONDON PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT FORUM Planning services and the private sector: Bruno Moore of the Audit Commission* at September’s Forum
18 LONDON ARCHITECTURAL BIENNALE Farringdon Futures, Lee Mallett
21 LONDON PLAN FURTHER ALTERATIONS* Forum report: Debbie McMullen, Michael Edwards, Martin Simmons, Sir Peter Hall, Drummond Robson, Discussion 29 STREETS AHEAD IN THE CITY Susannah Glynn on public space schemes in the City
32 LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORKS GLA’s planning decisions manager Justin Carr reports 2 years on
35 THE RISE AND FALL OF THE SUBURBS?
Tony Arbour, chairman of the London Assembly planning committee
37 CAR CLUBS – A WIN WIN SOLUTION Philip Igoe, chairman of Carplus makes the case 40 POLICY-BASED EVIDENCE MAKING CPRE’s Henry Oliver takes issue with The Policy Exchange
42 SAFEGUARDING THAMES WHARVES An essential component of the Thames says James Farrar*
45 TfL’s GUIDANCE FOR DEVELOPERS Introduced by Sam Richards, TfL’s head of land use planning
47 CLIMATE CHANGE & ENERGY A turning point for planning? Robert Shaw of the TCPA
49 CONSULTATION: TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING? Councillor Daniel Moylan on renewing Sloane Square*
51 INCLUSIVE DESIGN AND HOW TO DO IT We all have to change says UKiiD’s Andrew Walker
54 BOOKS Andrew Rogers reviews Negotiating the Planning Maze; Dan Thomson reviews CABE’s Transforming our Streets; Caroline Legg reviews London’s Contemporary Architecture.
56 LONDON PLANNING DIRECTORY* 56 Advice directory 57 Planning and Environment reference guide 60 Subscription form
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- Political control of Great Britain: map and detail
- see maps and statistics of local government post-election outcome by PPS Group in PiL 59 and http://www.ppsgroup.co.uk.
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- In PiL and on http://www.planninginlondon.com > DIRECTORY find:
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- The next meeting of the London Planning & Development Forum is at RIBA 77 Portland Place (not 66) on Monday 11th December 2006* at 2.30 to 5.30pm. Discussion topics:
• Review of Government Planning taking account of Kate Barker Barker's Review of Land Use Planning and Householder Development Consents Review which focuses on the link between planning and economic growth. Speakers to be agreed. (Tony Thompson of DCLG to be invited).
• The Economics of Climate Change. Sir Nicholas Stern’s Review, (also commissioned by the Treasury) is looking at the medium to long term economic implications of climate change and assesses approaches to tackle the issue. It is due to be issued before the meeting. Sir Nicholas Stern invited.
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- Governing London conference 30 October
- see http://www.capitaconferences.co.uk. For 5% discount call 020 7808 5252, mention PiL.
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- Town Planning Conference 11 December
- Bringing plans for urban regeneration through the new planning system
- see http://www.tandfevents.com/planning for details.
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