Mayor’s licensing powers
GLA Deputy Mayors have written to boroughs calling for action in supporting hospitality. The Government has formed a new working group, as described here, to explore how to reduce barriers within the licensing system. To revitalise the capital’s nightlife, a proposal is to grant the Mayor of London new powers to review and potentially overturn licensing applications blocked by local councils. That is of concern if local communities could be [more…]
Sustaining success in parks
In-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with officers, elected Councillors and communities in Islington Council and Leeds City Council, which have thriving parks services that contribute effectively to their communities.
The review outlines recommendations to both local and central government as a result of its findings.
Culture funding
The DCMS £270m ‘Arts Everywhere Fund’ includes £15m for repairing Heritage at Risk and a new £4.85m Heritage Revival Fund. There is also an £85m ‘Creative Foundations Fund’ for capital works to venues, £25m for capital works to museums via the ‘Museum Estate and Development Fund’, £120m for capital works to DCMS-sponsored bodies via the ‘Public Bodies Infrastructure Fund’, and £3.2m for cultural education including the ‘Heritage Schools Programme’.
What’s Happening to London’s Population?
An Historical Introduction
London’s population peaked in the 1930s, reaching about 8.6 million in 1939. For the next half century it fell steadily, to 6.8 million in the 1980s, before beginning to rise again, to over 9.1 million now. But the experiences of inner London (broadly, the area governed by the London County Council (LCC) from 1889 to 1963) and of outer London (broadly, the areas added to the county when the Greater [more…]
Infrastructure Strategy
The Government has set out its working paper for developing a 10 Year Infrastructure Strategy which seeks to bring together a plan for the country’s social, economic and housing infrastructure. The Strategy will also describe an institutional framework to support its implementation, including setting out the role of public financial institutions and how the Strategy will support other strategies, such as the industrial strategy.
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Broken Homes
Further to London Forum’s notification of the problems of temporary accommodation, MyLondon website has launched a ‘Broken Homes’ campaign to [more…]
Mayor’s licensing powers
GLA Deputy Mayors have written to boroughs calling for action in supporting hospitality. The Government has formed a new working group, [more…]
DCMS Inquiry: Protecting Built Heritage
We’ve responded to the recent DCMS inquiry on Protecting Built Heritage, the response is posted in the ‘what we’ve said‘ archive [more…]
Member News : How to contribute
In an earlier article, I mentioned that two-thirds of member societies are already represented on the new live member news page, which in turn provides selected articles for [more…]
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The New London Plan: Shaping Housing for the Future
📆 23rd April 2025 | 18:30 - 20:45
🚩 77 Cowcross Street, EC1M 6EL (map)Please note that this event has been moved to May 13th – see this update ( https://www.londonforum.org.uk/2025/04/06/the-new-london-plan-shaping-housing-for-the-future-rescheduled/ ) Many communities in London are concerned about future development that could change that character of their much-loved areas, whether by the scale, density or height of new building. This event will leave us all much better informed about the shape of the next ten…
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Member Services Committee meeting
📅 24th April 2025 | 14:00 - 16:00
🚩 Room B1 70 Cowcross St, EC1M 6EJ (map)