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Planning reform must address the needs of local communities
Steven Boxall, Regeneration X Later this year the Government will be publishing its response to its Planning White Paper consultation,...
Jul 19, 20217 min read
Be Like the Three Lions, Mr Mayor
Over the last few weeks the nation has been captivated and inspired by the English Football team as they’ve advanced through the UEFA...
Jul 12, 20212 min read
It’s time to put health at the heart of planning decisions
We’re now all too familiar with the catchy phrases and the repeated taglines presented to us by the government each day – “Levelling up”,...
Jul 6, 20214 min read
The Stag Brewery: an Opportunity for the Mayor to Listen to Locals
The Mayor has announced that his public hearing on the application to redevelop the Stag Brewery in SW London will be on 27 July. This...
Jul 1, 20214 min read
Annetta’s House: a Future Hub for Listening to Locals
Following my tale of two breweries last week, I had the pleasure of visiting the Annetta Pedretti house at 25 Princelet Street in...
Jun 28, 20213 min read
A Tale of Two Breweries
What is it about disused breweries in London? Two of them – the former Truman Brewery in Spitalfields and the former Stag Brewery in...
Jun 18, 20214 min read
What’s the best way to sustain community engagement under proposed planning reforms?
The Planning Bill that will go before Parliament later this summer has generated substantive debate around multiple issues including the...
Jun 16, 20213 min read
Local Planning Authorities: how they engage with communities via Statements of Community Involvement
Prof Gavin Parker, University of Reading The University of Reading has been working with Civic Voice recently to scope out and assess...
Jun 7, 20212 min read
Newham communities say: Stop the tunnel
Six hundred people marched through Canning Town on Saturday 5 June, calling for the Silvertown Tunnel project to be cancelled in a...
Jun 7, 20213 min read
London Assembly Leader pledges to work with Listen to Locals
Andrew Boff, newly installed as Leader of the London Assembly following last month’s local elections, has pledged his support for the...
Jun 7, 20212 min read
Stop the Exclusion and Obfuscation
Clare Delmar, Listen to Locals Local Planning in the UK is having a moment --- recent local elections highlighted planning and in...
May 25, 20212 min read
The Health Impact Assessment: an Opportunity for Community Engagement
Clare Delmar, Listen to Locals Many of us see the pandemic as a reset opportunity for the development of local communities, with many...
May 17, 20213 min read
Constructive engagement in planning for London: the next mayoral term
Clare Delmar, Listen to Locals Congratulations to Sadiq Khan, our re-elected Mayor of London, and to the 25 members of the GLA elected...
May 10, 20213 min read
May 3, 20210 min read
Why is Lambeth Council undermining our community?
The Cressingham Gardens estate, designed in the 1960s by the then Lambeth council’s in-house architecture team under Ted Hollamby, is...
May 3, 20213 min read
Opportunity Areas – opportunity for whom?
The Old Kent Road has been designated an Opportunity Area by the GLA and as a result there are to be 20,000 new homes built on and around...
May 3, 20212 min read
We must protect our Right to Light
Michael Ball, Waterloo Community Development Group This pandemic has been a great leveller – we’re all in it together. Remember that...
May 3, 20212 min read
The Planning System is Broken, but it can be fixed
Clare Delmar, Listen to Locals Last evening’s Listen to Locals hustings with mayoral candidates (and deputies) and last week’s hustings...
Apr 29, 20214 min read
We are at risk of losing our vital Green Spaces
I am a local community organiser and activist, and a member of a number of green space groups. Over the past year, many people have grown...
Apr 22, 20212 min read
We need a revolution in Planning to build Trust & Transparency
The residents of Osterley, Isleworth & Brentford have just experienced probably one of the worst Planning Committee meetings ever in...
Apr 21, 20212 min read
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