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Issue PiL136 January-March 2026


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Planning in London Issue136 January-March 2026
CONTENTS
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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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