Placemaking 2/2

Feb 27, 20234 min read

Health Street: Building Health Creation into High Street Renewal

As our understanding of the connections between place and health continues to grow in the post-Covid era, we’re beginning to see...

Feb 9, 20235 min read

Community Engagement

Community engagement – a tale of two London boroughs

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

Dec 6, 20224 min read

Public Health

A River Runs Through It

I’ve always had a fascination with rivers and with cities, which is why I live in London on the river Thames and belong to a local rowing...

Nov 10, 20224 min read

Community Engagement

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...

Aug 19, 20225 min read

Community Engagement

The Regeneration of Earls Court

An interview with Rebekah Paczek, Director of Public Affairs and Community Relations, Earls Court Development Company A strange thing...

How can local communities jump on to the ESG bandwagon?

Jul 27, 20223 min read

Regeneration

How can local communities jump on to the ESG bandwagon?

While more and more companies commit to sustainable ESG – Environmental, Social & Governance – programmes and more corporate assets are...

Putting planning at the core of London’s future

Jul 11, 20225 min read

Regeneration

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...

Can Integrated Care Systems bring health & communities back into the planning process?

Jun 13, 20223 min read

Community Engagement

Can Integrated Care Systems bring health & communities back into the planning process?

As of July 1st, the NHS will be managed through a series of Integrated Care Systems. The NHS describes these as “partnerships of...

May 11, 20223 min read

Community Engagement

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...

Apr 27, 20224 min read

Regeneration

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...

New thinking on planning London’s future

Apr 5, 20223 min read

Regeneration

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...

What does an ethical property developer look like?

Mar 30, 20222 min read

Housing

What does an ethical property developer look like?

Chris Brown, Executive Chair & Founder Igloo Regeneration Only 2% of people would trust a property developer to behave honestly according...

Dec 17, 20213 min read

Planning

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...

When the Mayor becomes planning authority: bringing community voices to the table

Nov 11, 20213 min read

Community Engagement

When the Mayor becomes planning authority: bringing community voices to the table

The London Assembly Planning & Regeneration Committee held an open meeting earlier this week to hear from community groups on how they...

Oct 20, 20213 min read

Health

New approaches to promoting health in local communities

The growth in health inequalities across London and the country has focused many of us on how to improve accessibility to health services...

Jul 6, 20214 min read

Health

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”,...

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