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...

“There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about”, said Oscar Wilde, “and that is not being talked about”. Events in the...

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

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...

Amidst the many major news events of the last few weeks was the launch of Chat GPTon November 30. A chatbot developed by US-based OpenAI,...

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...

I visited the Bromley-by-Bow Centre (BBBC) last week for a presentation, tour and chat with its insights director Dan Hopewell. Quite by...

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...

Nigel Crisp is an independent crossbench member of the House of Lords where he co-chairs the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global...

One of the positive contributions of the Covid era to both global and local health has been the vast collection of data on who, how, when...

Earlier this summer, I eagerly attended a series of workshops led by the team seeking to redevelop a site in Kew, SW London, currently...

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...