Issue Pil132 January-March 2025


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Planning in London Issue Pil132 January-March 2025
CONTENTS
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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
74 SUBSCRIPTION ORDER FORM
75 SHAPING THE WORLD
London office Crane Survey by Deloitte
77 ADVICE .PDF
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