Please use these resources to help with your research. You can find a member society in your borough here
Search our Website
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 440 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.
Filter the list of resources
Scroll To TopCentral Government
-
They work for you
Anything said in Parliament (your choice of topic or speaker)
-
HCLG Commons Select Committee
Scrutinising the work of the MHCLG department with useful reports in ‘Publications’ section
-
UK Parliament website
Responses to questions and statements made by Ministers
-
GOV.UK website
Policy papers & consultations - based on document type choice
GLA
-
List of all GLA committees
With links
-
London Assembly Planning and Regeneration Committee
Sections on ‘Recent work’ and ‘Current investigations’ have reports and interview transcripts
-
London Assembly Housing Committee
Sections on ‘Recent work’ and ‘Current investigations’ have reports and interview transcripts
-
London Assembly Transport Committee
Sections on ‘Recent work’ and ‘Current investigations’ have reports and interview transcripts
-
London Assembly Environment Committee
Sections on ‘Recent work’ and ‘Current investigations’ have reports and interview transcripts
Other
-
Public Notice Portal
Local authority notices that affect you in your local area
-
Landmark Chambers lawyers’ interviews
Some past talks can be useful
-
The Planner - member magazine of the RTPI
£60/year for online access to planning news for non-experts
-
Energy Efficiency and Retrofit in Historic Buildings
Historic England's advice
-
Making Changes to Heritage Assets
Historic England's advice
-
Urban Design Learning
Video library of "expert-led talks"
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
Government announcements
Bill Butler has been appointed by the Government as the first chair of the Local Audit Office.
The Government has ...
Vagrancy Act repealed
The Government repealed the Vagrancy Act on Monday 29 June 2026, ending nearly two centuries of legislation that has criminalised ...
Clarification of CIL on home extensions and build
Matthew Pennycook MP, Minister of State for Housing and Planning, wrote a letter to all local authorities on how Community ...
Garden Annexe, Caravan, or Mobile Home?
Tim Catchpole of the Mortlake and East Sheen Society writes…
Our Society has had a recent experience which we would like to share with other London Forum members who may [more…]
Most Popular This Week
-
Member Services Committee meeting
📅 Thu 6th August | 14:00 - 16:00
🚩 Room F3 70 Cowcross St, EC1M 6EJ (map)
-
Planning, Environment and Transport committee meeting
📅 Thu 13th August | 14:00 - 16:00
🚩 Room B1 70 Cowcross St, EC1M 6EJ (map)
-
Summer drinks party at Cowcross Street
📆 Mon 24th August | 18:30 - 20:30
🚩 77 Cowcross Street, EC1M 6EL (map)
The annual summer drinks party for London Forum’s members will be held at the Alan Baxter office building at Cowcross Street. Please do come along and join Trustees and committee members for drinks and nibbles on Monday 24 August from 6.30pm to 8.30pm and meet fellow activists from other member societies across London. This is a free event for a maximum of two people per society – please use the booking facility ( https://www.londonforum.org.uk/events/summer-drinks-party-at-cowcross-street-2026/#booking ) to secure your place(s). If the weather is kind we should be able to spill…