Draft London Plan

How communal living is changing in the UK

04.01.2019

Serena Ralston

Co-living | Co-working | Draft London Plan | Housing | LILAC | Low Impact Living Affordable Community | UK

Communal living has had a bad press recently. In many towns, locals fear the relentless expansion of university students HMOs, but co-living need no longer be like The Young Ones....
RTPI concerned about councils’ capacity to deliver London Plan

22.03.2018

Laura Edgar

brownfield | Draft London Plan | Green Belt | Housing | local authority resources | London | Policy & Politics | RTPI | sadiq khan

The draft London Plan contains some ‘bold aspirations’ for place-making, according to the RTPI, but the institute is concerned about the capacity of the city’s local authorities to deliver.
Khan accused of wasting land for 27,000 homes

11.12.2017

Laura Edgar

Draft London Plan | Housing | housing zones | London | sadiq khan

Hundreds of hectares of mostly vacant land designated in Housing Zones will be neglected for housing as a result of new regulations in Mayor of London’s Sadiq Khan’s London Plan, according to London Assembly member Andrew Boff.
England round-up: London density limits removed, Local planning study launched, HS2 for Leicester?

30.11.2017

Laura Edgar

Draft London Plan | England | Housing | HS2 | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood | Plan Making - Spatial Planning | Planning Business Management

A round-up of planning news in England: 25 November-1 December, 2017