sadiq khan

01.02.2018

Laura Edgar

homelessness | Housing | London | sadiq khan

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced that he will invest £15 million in a new scheme that aims to purchase up to 330 properties to be made available for Londoners who have been, or are at risk of becoming homeless.

Khan rejects school's plans for sports hall / iStock-153690816

London school’s sports facility plans rejected

31.01.2018

Laura Edgar

London | Metropolitan Open Land | Public Realm | sadiq khan | SPORTS FACILITY

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has rejected Harrow School’s plans for a new sports facility because part of it would have been built on Metropolitan Open Land.

Khan announces six new cycle routes

30.01.2018

Laura Edgar

cycling | Health | Infrastructure - Transport | London | sadiq khan

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has revealed that design work is to begin immediately on six new cycle routes.

Funding for community gardens / Shutterstock_136544312

Funding for local green spaces in London

18.01.2018

Laura Edgar

Community Engagement | community garden | Community Infrastructure | London | sadiq khan

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has awarded £1.1 million to community projects across the capital in an attempt to improve and create new local green spaces.

Air pollution in London / Shutterstock_583909471

Capital’s air quality remains in legal limits, says Sadiq Khan

16.01.2018

Laura Edgar

London has entered the third week in January without having breached its annual legal limits for nitrogen dioxide air pollution, a year on from when it took just five days for those same limits to be exceeded.

Khan approves £1.4bn regeneration plans for Croydon

08.01.2018

Laura Edgar

The Mayor of London has green-lit Croydon Partnership’s plans to revamp the Whitgift shopping centre, which will see more than 500,000 square metres of new shops and restaurants established.

Making London's streets healthier / iStock-472098197

We must invest in healthier streets to achieve a sustainable London

19.12.2017

Esha Banwait

Due to London’s growing and increasingly dense environment, ‘healthy streets’ are fast becoming a necessary aspect of the capital’s future, writes Esha Banwait.

News in brief: RTPI responds to article on planning corruption; Plans for Emmeline Pankhurst statue submitted

19.12.2017

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning news: Tuesday 19 December, 2017

(This is the last Planner news round-up of 2017. Our news service recommences on Wednesday 3rd January.)

England round-up: SoS powers to make neighbouring councils create joint plans start in January; Plans for Westminster to tackle fast-food delivery app

15.12.2017

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning news in England: 9 December-15 December, 2017

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.

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