page 5 LEADERS
Re-calibrating planning; Three tiers for the design of place; Make Heathrow an urban garden city; Just say ‘no’ to garden cities .pdf

7 IN PICTURES
London Planning Awards winners

10 DANIEL MOYLAN
The Mayor responds to the Davies Commission report

14 THE FARRELL REVIEW
Recommendations in pictures

16 OPINION
Councillor Philippa Roe Set planning fees locally;
Sir Edward Lister: Responding to London’s
population boom; Professor Robert Tregay: The storms call for a natural environment strategy; Peter Murray: London’s Growing Up! Ruth Duston: Transforming Victoria

22 BRIEFING
Performance: Major residential decisions increase by 36%;.pdf ‘Home Truths’: London First’s report on London’s housing crisis

26 BUDGET VOX-POP
What they said about the Budget

29 ¡PILLO!

30 LONDON PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT FORUM
Likely impacts of the use classes and permitted development relaxations for London.pdf

32 LONDON FIRST
Home truths for politicians about the housing crisis; London needs a Twentyfirst Century ‘Domesday Book’; Crossrail 2 plans meet test for go-ahead

35 CLIPBOARD

38 ANDY ROGERS
The PPG returns?

39 LONDON’S GREEN BELT AND THE HOUSING CRISIS
Paul Cheshire dissects the myth versus the reality of London’s green belt; The case for a Municipal Investment Corporation is set out by Nicholas Falk; the Town & Country Planning Association has brought the 1946 Act up to date. Hugh Ellis explains how; Extending London and rethinking the green belt – the TEN Group

50 FOREIGN INVESTMENT
Foreign investors and London’s housing market: Simon Ewing

52 PLANNING FOR A BETTER FUTURE
The Planning Officers Society has issued a planning manifesto for the next government

54 MANAGING CHANGE IN VAUXHALL
Karen Smithson.pdf

58 A MASTERPLAN FOR PARLIAMENT SQUARE
The Westminster Society

66 LONDON’S ROLE IN 21ST CENTURY ENGLAND
Jonathan Manns

69 Housing Standards Review
– the story so far: Andy von Bradsky

71 BOOKS
Andy Rogers reviews ‘Kaleidoscope City’; Peter Darley introduces his ‘Camden Goods Station Through Time’

73 PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT REFERENCE GUIDE
Contacts in all London boroughs – sponsored by Colliers International.pdf

77 SHAPING LONDON
Farrells partner John Letherland on Trees in the urban landscape

79 ADVICE
Consultants and services.pdf

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