Planning in London, Issue 137, April-June 2026

Issue 137 of Planning in London, the journal of the London Planning and Development Forum, has been published, covering the period April-June 2026.  London Forum has a subscription arrangement whereby our members may read it.

An AI-generated summary can be downloaded.

Table of contents:

• The housing delivery crisis from multiple angles (Berkeley halting land buys, the 84% collapse in starts, viability evaporating across most of London)
• The new NPPF and what it means in practice (minimum densities, simplified local plans, stronger presumption for development)
• The LP&DF Annual Planning Update conference in full
• Specialist opinion pieces on BtR SFH, Gateway 3, resilience, new towns funding, density barriers, viability guidance, and planning appeals reform
• Features on heritage retrofit (Grosvenor’s Retrofit or Ruin), health impact assessments, and international lessons for new towns
• Both book reviews and the Thames Estuary infrastructure investment piece

The full journal is not available on the website. Selected excerpts are available on the PiL website. 

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