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...
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May 3, 20212 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...
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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...
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Apr 29, 20214 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...
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Apr 22, 20212 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...
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Apr 21, 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...
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Apr 21, 20213 min read
Planning in a post-Covid environment
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted many of the problems of high density living in tall apartment blocks. During the lockdown many have...
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Apr 21, 20213 min read
Community-led plans must be integrated into the planning process
For over 10 years now members of Mortlake Brewery Community Group have been volunteering their time and expertise to create an...
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Apr 21, 20213 min read
Our elected officials must demonstrate preparedness for crises & unforeseen events
A long two years ago, Hammersmith Bridge closed to cars, buses and emergency vehicles, massively affecting the lives of thousands of...
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Apr 20, 20212 min read
Are Housing Targets Giving Developers a Free Ride?
The new London Plan has just been published condemning South West London, particularly Hounslow and Kingston, to massive development and...
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Apr 11, 20214 min read
The Listen to Locals Ten: Planning advice for the next Mayor of London
1. Post Pandemic communities The pandemic has exposed vast inequalities across London in health, wellbeing and opportunity, underpinned...
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Mar 26, 20214 min read
The first journey begins with the longest step
Last week the Greater London Authority (GLA) put one city scale foot forward on their #plantech journey. Until now, London’s public...
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Mar 22, 20211 min read
How do we give people real influence in creating the places where they live?
Consultation is a formal requirement at every stage of the development process, from devising a Neighbourhood Plan through to approving a...
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Mar 13, 202113 min read
Developers and City Hall-A continuing record of Community Alienation It is happening now in Mortlake
photo: Clare Delmar, Mortlake A community facing permanent harm At this bend of the River at the Boat Race finish, there will be few who...
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Mar 7, 20213 min read
Why the Silvertown Tunnel must be cancelled
We do need a new river crossing in South East London. But in 2021, in a climate and clean air emergency, what should it look like and who...
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