Issue Pil132 January-March 2025

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5 LEADERS .PDF
Unblocking planning needs more action;
Design codes offer desirable certainty…
…while uncertainty continues in the Royal Docks

7 Design Code for Staples Corner | Lee Mallett .PDF

12 LEE MALLETT
Turning point for the City .PDF

13 PAUL FINCH .PDF
The challenges ahead for Labour

OPINIONS
14 Growth or good growth? | Michael Edwards, Matt Thompson and Jessica Ferm
17 The new NPPF | David Rudlin
18 The Government’s Industrial Strategy | Ian Fletcher
19 Affordable Housing | Marc Vlessing
20 The Thames – a low carbon future | Fiona Duffy
21 Labour’s refreshed approach to planning | Riette Oosthuizen
22 Artificial Intelligence | Peter Canavan
23 Housing development | Philip Allin
24 Social media in public consultation | Alice Salomonsson
25 BNG early triumphs and tribulations | Mark Topping
26 Review Mechanisms | Andrew Golland

30 BRIEFING
CLIPBOARD: New NPPF – what has changed? ITV South Bank studios redevelopment; House of Lords calls for Permitted Development review; Approved: the tallest tower in the City; 1 Undershaft: how it compares; Older People’s Housing Taskforce; London affordable residential starts fall 88%; Bold action called for to bolster SME housebuilding;

33 ¡PILLO!
Bishopsgate Goodsyard finally gets go-ahead; Nimbyism and procrastination; Two cheers and one boo for Labour; Crazy stat in the
UK Housing Review; A bridge too far; Planning permissions plummet

34 PLANNING PERFORMANCE .PDF
Applications, decisions and permissions all down 6-9 per cent from the same quarter a year earlier

38 LONDON PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT FORUM .PDF
39 Stephen King: Review of London’s strategic planning issues
– the London Housing Crisis
44 Harry Quartermain: NPPF has failed to reduce car dependency
46 Sally Tagg: Making self-build mainstream
50 Riette Oosthuizen: Changes in planning from the new government

52 ANDREW ROGERS .PDF
A planning quiz for 2025

FEATURES
54 Why has planning lost its appeal? | Paul Finch .PDF

58 Revitalising high streets | Anna Iceton and Rebecca Chaplin

61 Grey Belt | Ian Barnett

64 Designing cities for women and girls | Mei-Yee Man Oram .PDF

BOOKS
67 Building Southwark by Kenneth Powell

71 PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT REFERENCE GUIDE

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75 SHAPING THE WORLD
London office Crane Survey by Deloitte

77 ADVICE .PDF

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