Issue PiL136 January-March 2026

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5 LEADERS
Planning enables, it doesn’t deliver; Measures that ensure nothing will change soon .PDF

7 LEE MALLETT
New kinds of suburbia .PDF

8 TRIBUTE TO LOUIS HELLMAN .PDF
King of cartoonists to retire

11 Murray for Mayor .PDF

12 PAUL FINCH
More haste, less speed .PDF

OPINIONS .PDF
13 Speed up the speeding up of planning | Jason Lowes
14 Predictions 1 | Tim Foreman
15 Predictions 2 | Lawrence Turner
18 London housing emergency measures | Simon Ricketts
20 Pragmatic approach to the housing crisis | Olivia Harris
21 The use of AI in environmental assessments | Alistair Walker
22 Gateway 2 delays | Sarah Rock
24 the latest on viability | Andrew Golland
26 Green belt release and affordable housing | Chris Hemmings
27 Take-up and implementation of BNG | Richard Holliday

28 BRIEFING .PDF
The Planning and Infrastructure Act | Analysis and opinions
29 New NPPF | Rachel Clements & Matthew Spry of Lichfields
32 New NPPF | Analysis and Opinions

34 LETTERS .PDF
from Professor Michael Edwards, Bartlett School, UCL;
Professor Paul Cheshire LSE & Professor Ian Gordon, LSE

39 CLIPBOARD: Consultation on changes to VAT treatment of social housing sites welcomed; New land policy changes in the UK; £360m job at Euston; Government launches consultation into statutory consultee process; AI-nimbyism

41 ¡PILLO!
Where is ‘The Environment’? When will the ONS data debacle end? Pedestrianising the public realm; Third runway: government backs Heathrow; Not the epitome of global cool; A bit of self-indulgence

42 PLANNING PERFORMANCE .PDF
The number of applications made and decided continues to slide from the same quarter last year

46 LONDON PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT FORUM .PDF
47 Placemaking not Plotting, 48 Jumpstarting house building and SME delivery in London,
52 Camden High Street upgrade, 54 Update from the parliamentary select committee

48 ANDREW ROGERS
Planning quiz for 2026

FEATURES
58 Nicholas Boys Smith | Can we create a bedroom bonanza? .PDF

62 Adrian Plant | Helping first time buyers

65 BOOK
The Manifesto House | Owen Hopkins

69 oops!

72 SUBSCRIPTION ORDER FORM .PDF

73 Shaping the World: Imagination in place-making | Peter Barbalov .PDF

77 ADVICE

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