A Cap The Towers victory at Friary Park
Campaigners in LB Ealing have opposed a tall and over powering development of many buildings on Friary Park. This video shows their persistence may be successful but ‘Who are these tower block homes meant for?’. There are issues about how Councils devise and uphold policies on context and building heights and identify where tall buildings should be, as in London Plan policies D1 and D9.
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Youth unemployment
Centre for London has published a report on London’s high youth unemployment figures. One in four young Londoners are unemployed.
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Planning agreements for medium-sized sites
The Government has launched a consultation on a set of standard planning agreements for medium-sized housing sites. The proposals are ...
Key policies in the NPPF
The following is a blog recently written by the lawyer Simon Ricketts which is intended to help developers to get a planning application approved. It is helpful for London [more…]
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