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Wild Abandon
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...
Nov 10, 20224 min read


Question Time on planning
Tomorrow sees the installation of a new government here in the UK. Gloom and Doom? Or possibility and opportunity? As the PM and the new...
Sep 5, 20222 min read


The Regeneration of Earls Court
An interview with Rebekah Paczek, Director of Public Affairs and Community Relations, Earls Court Development Company A strange thing...
Aug 19, 20225 min read


Putting planning at the core of London’s future
An interview with Sakina Sheikh AM and Emma Best AM, chair and co-chair respectively of the London Assembly Planning & Regeneration...
Jul 11, 20225 min read


What will the Neighbours Think?
Following yesterday’s Queen’s Speech which introduced proposed changes to the current planning system, Tony Burton from CPRE London and...
May 11, 20223 min read


How Regeneration is attracting new participants to Local Politics
Ann Marie Sheehan, a resident of Mortlake & Barnes Common in SW London, explains how two major regeneration schemes are inspiring a new...
Apr 27, 20224 min read


New thinking on planning London’s future
Just in time for the local elections next month, two community-led and deeply researched reports have been published offering new...
Apr 5, 20223 min read


Reflections on 2021
Listen to Locals was established in March of this year initially to bring community engagement in planning on to the agenda for the...
Dec 17, 20213 min read


A planning renaissance?
Clare Delmar, founder of Listen to Locals, spoke about her experience of planning with members of Planning Aid London at its AGM on...
Dec 8, 20215 min read


Planning reforms – hearing the community voice
Tony Burton CBE 29 November 2021 The Government’s Planning White Paper tells us that the “Government has heard how the combination of...
Nov 29, 20218 min read


Sustainable planning: conditions have never been better
Some of the most enduring and continually evolving challenges dominating our news feeds in recent weeks are national in scale and local...
Nov 24, 20212 min read
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