Planning reforms are multiplying faster than they are connecting. Housing targets dominate, while affordability, social housing, design codes and place risk being dropped from a system without a clear juggler.
Whenever I have one of those ‘…And what do you do in retirement?’ conversations and I say I volunteer for the Kingston Society, a civic society group, the next question is always ‘What’s a civic society?’
Kingston’s proposed new dockless e-bike scheme may support greener travel, but weak controls risk more pavement obstruction, especially for older and disabled pedestrians.
A proposal has emerged for a new city east of Cambridge which, if built, would be one of the most ambitious acts of placemaking in modern Britain.
Two London Assembly documents argue for more mid-rise housing, better design quality and stronger public engagement, suggesting London needs growth that is denser, more contextual, and more publicly legitimate.
