Issue pil131 OCTOBER-DECEMBER 2024

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5 LEADERS
Let’s see more synergy in London
Now the Party begins . . . .PDF

7 Opinion: Ideas for planning | Barry Jessup

9 PAUL FINCH
Grenfell blame game needs new rules .PDF

10 LEE MALLETT
Inspiration needed for new settlements .PDF

OPINIONS .PDF
12 Planning authority skills | Catriona Riddell
13 BNG triumphs and tribulations | Mark Topping
14 The housing sector | Geeta Nanda
15 Small housebuilders | Paul Rickard
16 Getting Britain building again | Ben Standing
18 NPPF – A missed opportunity? | Andrew Golland
20 Shared Ownership | Peter Hawley
21 Commercial to Residential PD | Matthew Robinson
23 Compulsory Purchase | Lawrence Turner

26 BRIEFING
CLIPBOARD: Restoring the planning system; Ripping out the blockages; Fixing planning; Work together in devolution deserts, says Rayner; Housing target too high; The Park Lane ‘boulevard’; John Lewis wins its first housing approval; Ramming the changes through; Free resources to create local design codes; Upwards PD applications; Anyone for Tennis?; A Great British rebrand?

30 PLANNING PERFORMANCE .PDF
Downward trends in planning applications and decisions continue

34 LONDON PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT FORUM .PDF
Housing Targets for London; Relaxing the rules on upward extensions; NPPF and Development Management reforms
35 Housing Targets for London: Another mutant algorithm?
36 Charting the potential for rooftop housing in London
42 NPPF and Development Management reforms - response to consultation
44 ACA’s manifesto for mending planning

47 ANDREW ROGERS .PDF
on Planning’s need for a laxative

49 ¡PILLO!
Peter’s passion for architecture; The mystery of affordability appraisals; Eye Eye; £14bn down the holes; ALDI happy to invest in planning

FEATURES
50 Ground source heat pump network | Edward Williams .PDF
54 Just Build Homes | Millie Dodd
56 Building homes for Senior living | Lars Christian
58 Rethinking the Green Belt | David Churchill
61 Stagnation or growth? The stark planning choice facing Central London
65 Historical ingredients for creating successful new town | Samuel Hughes .PDF

BOOKS .PDF
69 Blueprints for the Soul | Nick Ross & Barbara Iddon
70 Londoners Making London by Jan Kattein
71 Modern Buildings in Blackheath and Greenwich | reviewed by Nicholas de Klerk
73 Chalk Farm Railway Lands | Peter Darley
74 Stationary winding engine house on Camden incline – From the Archive
78 Camden Goods Station through time – From the Archive

81 PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT REFERENCE GUIDE

84 SUBSCRIPTION ORDER FORM

85 SHAPING THE WORLD
Town centres | Catherine Pollard

83 ADVICE .PDF

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