May’s planning activity for London’s West End shows a 50% decline in May but a much slower rate of decline than April.
Preliminary figures suggest that planning applications in London’s West End fell by over 1/3rd in April as the lock-down set in.
If monitoring London’s housing supply is so important, why is there such uncertainty about what is actually happening? The Secretary of State may well be right to urge greater transparency in London’s housing statistics.
The London View Management Framework can be a significant constraint on development. But it is complicated, clunky and inaccessible. Hopefully this interactive map will help.
The new London Plan’s new housing targets require a substantial increase in density, especially on smaller sites. But has development density in London really increased in recent years? Is it realistic to expect it to grow further? GLA data would seem to suggest there has been little change in the average density of new permissions over the last 13 years or so.
As we approach Christmas the urge to make “CILly season” based puns becomes almost irresistible. This is even more the case when justified by the…
I’m conscious I haven’t posted for a while. In lieu of a proper update I thought it worth sharing this article by the editor of the…
Why do we measure the success of affordable housing policies by looking at percentages? Does this obscure the fact that, in most boroughs, less than half the planned-for number of affordable homes are delivered? What does this mean for policy?
Public sector land is supposed to be a key source of new homes. But how successful have the last two Government programmes been at actually building homes?
A remarkable turn-out for a wet Monday evening in January for a three hour debate on the new London Plan, arranged by NLA at Friends House, Euston.…