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Our search facility includes several hundred pdf files from our archive, going back twenty years or more. This includes the ‘What we’ve said‘ archive of consultation responses going back to 2011, plus Insights and Newsforum archives back to 2004. Search includes all 472 articles, topic tags and events.
Our search results are configured to return the most recent matches by default, but the results page provides the toggle buttons shown for ‘best match’ too, because in the fast-changing world of government policy-making, older results rapidly become less relevant, but the best, most relevant information remains important for research.
External Resources
Below we include links to a number of useful third-party resources. If you have a suggestion for an addition or update, please use the ‘Add New’ button to contact us.
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Central Government
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Planning Portal
Planning news on Government policies and proposals
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They work for you
Anything said in Parliament (your choice of topic or speaker) and Mayor's Question Time
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HCLG Commons Select Committee
Scrutinising the work of the MHCLG department with useful reports in ‘Publications’ section
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UK Parliament website
Responses to questions and statements made by Ministers
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GOV.UK website
Policy papers & consultations - based on document type choice
GLA
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List of all GLA committees
With links
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London Assembly Planning and Regeneration Committee
Sections on ‘Recent work’ and ‘Current investigations’ have reports and interview transcripts
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London Assembly Housing Committee
Sections on ‘Recent work’ and ‘Current investigations’ have reports and interview transcripts
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London Assembly Transport Committee
Sections on ‘Recent work’ and ‘Current investigations’ have reports and interview transcripts
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London Assembly Environment Committee
Sections on ‘Recent work’ and ‘Current investigations’ have reports and interview transcripts
London News Websites
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OnLondon
News, analysis and commentary about the UK capital’s politics, development and culture
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LDN
Weekly newsletter on political, public policy and sector developments
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The Standard
Weekly news, originally The Evening Standard, since 1827
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The Londoner
A newspaper with local stories for London, delivered via email.
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London Now
News Sport Things to do Transport Crime Property
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Salamander News
Local news co-op covering Lewisham
Other
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Public Notice Portal
Local authority notices that affect you in your local area
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Landmark Chambers lawyers’ interviews
Some past talks can be useful
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The Planner - member magazine of the RTPI
£60/year for online access to planning news for non-experts
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Energy Efficiency and Retrofit in Historic Buildings
Historic England's advice
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Making Changes to Heritage Assets
Historic England's advice
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Urban Design Learning
Video library of "expert-led talks"
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Listen 2 Locals
Healthcare & urban planning advocate Clare Delmar's blog
Click on a button below for a list of articles on the indicated tag – these include news, insights and events. Pre-2025 articles were generally not tagged: please use the above text search instead
Planning Resources Are Stretched Thin
According to research by the Home Builders Federation (HBF) nine in ten local authority planning departments in England and Wales ...
Presentation slides: Will the London Plan deliver the housing and places London needs?
The slides from last week's London Forum/GLA event on the draft London Plan have been added to its event page.
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Information for members
Within the 'Resources' page of the website, 'External Resources' provides links to news on London and on the ...
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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Planning, Environment and Transport committee meeting
📅 Thu 8th October | 14:00 - 16:00
🚩 Room B1 70 Cowcross St, EC1M 6EJ (map)
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Annual General Meeting 2026
📆 Wed 28th October | 18:30 - 20:30
🚩 77 Cowcross Street, EC1M 6EL (map)
Wednesday 28 October 6.30pm at The Gallery, 77 Cowcross Street, EC1M 6EL Notice is hereby given to member societies of the 2026 AGM of the London Forum of Amenity and Civic Societies. Doors open for networking, drinks and nibbles from 6.00pm. Please book your place(s) using the booking facility ( https://www.londonforum.org.uk/events/agm-2026#booking ). Agenda Welcome and Introduction Approval of the Minutes of the AGM of 16 October 2025, available here ( https://www.londonforum.org.uk/agm-papers/ ) Chair’s Report – Chair Michael Jubb Financial Report – Treasurer Ali Dezyanian Approval of the Annual Report and Accounts for 2025-2026, available here ( https://…