2024 is starting off with a bang for London’s public toilet campaigners. As conversations came to a head (!) toward the end of last year...

I first met Michael Edwards in 2021 through Just Space, a network of London-based community organisations which he and others set up in...

A friend came to visit last weekend and, as we set off on a walk along the Thames towpath from Mortlake, SW London, she asked what was...

Last Thursday, 23rd November, I joined a panel of “experts” to answer questions from the GLA Oversight Committee about best practice when...

This past year has seen real progress in demonstrating how our built environment - the homes & places where we live – impacts our...

Earlier this week I came home to find on my doormat a “special invitation” from Audley Villages to visit a newly developed “luxury...

Anyone involved in medicine and the provision of healthcare will recognise this phrase and its origins in Hippocrates – it embodies the...

A planning application to redevelop the Stag Brewery in Mortlake was approved by Richmond Council last week. The largest regeneration...

Last year I interviewed Lord Nigel Crisp about housing and its impact on our individual and collective health, and how the scale of this...

Just when I thought it wasn’t possible, not one but two coalitions of Built Environment organisations have announced their arrival in the...

Earlier this year when Secretary of State for Levelling up Michael Gove suggested that a rethought approach to planning education could...

An interview with Dr Sophie Taysom, Keyah Consulting The growth of environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles and practices...

“We often hear about stepping outside ourselves, but rarely about stepping outside our generation.” ― Criss Jami, Killosophy...

An interview with Leanne Tritton, chair of the London Society As Chair of the London Society, Leanne Tritton has developed a formidable...

Some recent events in Kent illustrate a disconnect between planning for new housing development and providing essential health services...

The recent consultation on the National Planning Policy Framework (now closed) has brought forth diverse opinions from across the...

The London Forum welcomed two experienced planning professionals last month to present how community engagement is going in their...

There is perhaps no one more informed about the integration of place, health & wellbeing in London than Professor Kevin Fenton CBE, ...

At the end of the year, Secretary of State for Housing and Levelling Up Michael Gove revealed that his mission would be enhanced with a...

How an overseas developer has let down the local community of Mortlake, and how LBRuT can save it The photo you see above is looking...