GLA

Appeal: ‘No evidence whatsoever’ behind mayor’s affordable housing demand

24.01.2020

Matt Moody

affordable housing | building design | Design | Finance & Viability | GLA | Housing | London | mayor of London | recovered appeal | tall buildings | viability

The housing secretary has approved a plan for 365 high-rise flats in Lewisham that was blocked by the Mayor of London for its ‘wholly unacceptable’ affordable housing offer, after an inspector found ‘no...
Graham quits National Infrastructure Commission

11.11.2019

Huw Morris

England | GLA | Infrastructure - Communications | Infrastructure - Transport | NIC

Phil Graham is quitting as chief executive of the National Infrastructure Commission and moving to the Greater London Authority (GLA) in the new year.
Khan wants powers to introduce rent controls

22.07.2019

Laura Edgar

GLA | Housing | London | Policy & Politics | rent control | renting | sadiq khan

The Mayor of London wants the private sector in the capital to provide open-ended tenancies. He also wants to establish a system to control rents.
‘Affordable housing’ on the rise in London, says GLA

13.05.2019

Prithvi Pandya

affordable housing | GLA | Housing | London | sadiq khan

Figures from the Greater London Authority (GLA) reveal that availability of affordable housing is on the rise in London, with new council housing at its highest for 34 years.
Council calls for guidance change to help secure affordable homes

12.10.2018

Laura Edgar

affordable housing | GLA | Housing | Islington | London | viability

Islington Council and the capital’s deputy mayor for housing have written an open letter to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), asking the organisation to rewrite key guidance on viability.
London’s deputy mayor for transport stands down

08.05.2018

Laura Edgar

GLA | Infrastructure - Transport | London | sadiq khan | Transport

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced that Val Shawcross CBE is retiring from her role as the deputy mayor for transport. She will be replaced by Heidi Alexander (pictured).
Khan calls on government to increase cash for housing

27.10.2017

Laura Edgar

affordable housing | GLA | Housing | London | sadiq khan

London needs to deliver 66,000 new homes a year to meet growing demand, according to the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan.
Creating workspace that works

27.05.2016

Lisa Taylor

Business & Enterprise | Development Management & Enforcement | employment space | GLA | London | Regeneration | workplaces | workspace

Workspace is under threat, not least from permitted development rights, says Lisa Taylor. what can we do to ensure we're creating enough of the right working spaces for our changing demographics and shifting...