Issue Pil134 July-September 2025

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Planning in London Issue134 July-September 2025
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5 LEADERS
The pack ice may be shifting; Memorials are tricky; Focus on enhancements to existing housing stock .PDF

7 A Fitting Memorial | Bryan Avery & Anthony Carlile

10 PAUL FINCH
The architecture of planning .PDF

11 LEE MALLETT
Encouraging ideas for the next London Plan

OPINIONS
14 How applications are determined | Paul Smith
15 Images from space | Dan Lewis
16 Planning reforms for small developments | Fergus Charlton
17 Over-regulation | Robert Adam
18 Demand for office space | Will Scott
19 Back the builders | James Cogan
20 A national approach to planning | Ian Barnett
22 The SME sector to the rescue | Andrew Golland

25 BRIEFING
CLIPBOARD: Backing for Oxford Street; Chancellor is accused of 'shortchanging’ the capital; The Economist City liveability index; AI to rev up planning promises PM

27 ¡PILLO!
City of London Building of the Year;  21 Moorfields; Obscene works underground

28 Response to ‘Towards a New London Plan’

30 PLANNING PERFORMANCE
Applications up but decisions down from the same quarter a year earlier

34 LONDON PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT FORUM .PDF
London Plan update, (some of) the Green Belt has got to go and Oxford Street pedestrianisation
35 Towards a New London Plan: Jorn Peters, GLA London Plan team with contributions from Professor Ian Gordon, Emeritus Professor of Human Geography, LSE and Peter Eversden, Vice Chair London Forum
40 The Mayor’s decided (some of) the Green Belt’s got to go: Response from Outer London Boroughs led by Yvonne Sampoh, LB Barnet
Principal Planning Officer (Policy) and Christopher Waller, LB Redbridge Planning Policy Officer
41 The pros and cons of Oxford Street pedestrianisation: Discussion led by Mark Willingale, Willingale Associates and Magnus Wills, Barr Gazetas

44 ANDREW ROGERS
Here is the news

FEATURES
45 Rebecca Dillon-Robinson | Design codes

46 Zack Simons | The big change in the next London Plan

52 Cumberland Gate and the Oxford Street shuttle | Mark Willingale

55 Section 106 agreements | Simon Ricketts

58 Temporary modular housing | Colin Ainger

61 Delivering well-designed homes | Glen Richardson

65 PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT REFERENCE GUIDE – see DIRECTORY

68 SUBSCRIPTION ORDER FORM

69 Shaping the World: Chelsea Waterfront | Shevaughn Rieck

73 ADVICE .PDF

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