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Dec 8, 20215 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...
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Nov 29, 20218 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...
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Nov 24, 20212 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...
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Nov 11, 20213 min read
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...
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Oct 29, 20212 min read
Informing your right to know about the environment where you live
Josh Artus Centric Lab The Centric team has launched a new digital tool, which is a postcode analysis of environmental pollutants and...
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Oct 20, 20213 min read
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...
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Sep 20, 20216 min read
Engagement tools as a middle ground
Sebastian Weise, PlaceChangers September 20, 2021 Neighbourhoods throughout the country, indeed across the globe, have been affected by...
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Aug 24, 20214 min read
Cutting through the planning noise
Despite it being August the planning wars are heating up as recent events in London have revealed strength in community voices and...
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Aug 13, 20215 min read
Seven steps from ‘consultation’ to participation
David Farnsworth Development & Planning Consultant Tired of planning ‘consultation’ events that start with a proposal that is already...
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Aug 12, 20212 min read
Some good news for London’s community campaigners
Last month’s decision by the Mayor of London to refuse the three applications supporting regeneration of the Stag Brewery in Mortlake ,...
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Jul 25, 20212 min read
The Stag Brewery regeneration in its current form sets a dangerous precedent for London
Michael Edwards Just Space The Bartlett School of Planning The Mayor of London will hold a public hearing on the Stag Brewery planning...
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Jul 23, 20213 min read
The Importance of Listening to Locals
Rosie Pearson Community Planning Alliance Who could disagree that it is essential to listen to locals? It is certainly one of the three...
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Jul 19, 20217 min read
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,...
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Jul 12, 20212 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...
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Jul 6, 20214 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”,...
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Jul 1, 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...
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Jun 28, 20213 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...
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Jun 18, 20214 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...
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Jun 16, 20213 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...
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Jun 7, 20212 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...
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