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Our advanced 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 491 articles, topic tags and events.
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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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Weather ready homes
Guidance from Westminster City Council including templates for easily achieving planning (blanket consents)
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Urban Design Learning resources
Guides on design codes, design reviews and best practice with videos of site visits & "expert-led talks", green infrastructure recommendations
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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
Heritage Lottery consultation
The Heritage Alliance submitted its response to the DCMS’ Lottery Good Causes consultation, which you can view on their website.
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2026 Annual General Meeting – Report & Videos
London Forum held its 2026 AGM with two guest speakers, and members representing twenty-nine societies on 28th October.
Chair, Michael ...
Boosting housing delivery
A new report is urging the government to impose a three-year freeze on new regulations to increase viability ...
Draft London Plan response – linked policy by policy
The GLA’s consultation on the draft London Plan 2026 closed on 15 October 2026, London Forum submitted a 39-page response. This is the short version: the main points, then in 'Our Comments policy by policy', a one or two-line summary of key ...
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