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Need to know: London mayor to target 20,000 new council homes

By Josephine Smit, 20 July 2022

Sadiq Khan makes commitment to supporting councils to double council housebuilding starts in the capital.

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Coming up: Ultra-energy efficient homes on way in north London

Oaklands Rise

Review: High density housing development

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Analysis: When the climate crisis and the energy crisis hit home

11 Belgrave Road

Case study: Redeveloping a city site into a net-zero workplace

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Case Studies

Trumpington Meadows Grosvenor Paul Miller Kendrick

Case study: Boosting biodiversity alongside housebuilding

Provision of a country park at the new Trumpington Meadows neighbourhood in Cambridge has been good for biodiversity, residents and developers. Josephine Smit finds out how the park delivers.

Randalls Inland Homes

Case study: Converting a department store to homes

When a landmark west London department store closed in 2015, developer Inland Homes' saw its potential for adaptive re-use and it has now converted it for town centre living.

The civic centre site is being developed with 919 homes in all, with completion expected in 2029

Case study: Redeveloping a civic centre site with homes

Hounslow Council's civic centre has moved to the town centre, freeing up its former west London site for redevelopment with almost a thousand homes, Josephine Smit finds.

Case study: Enabling skills training alongside regeneration

A skills academy has been established to help maximise the employment potential of Thamesmead's 30-year regeneration programme.


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Opinion: Are we on the verge of localism 2.0?

By Lucy Anderson, 9 August 2022

The Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill puts greater emphasis on allowing local voices to be heard in the planning process, but concerns remain, writes Lucy Anderson.

Mark Edgerley Boyer

Opinion: Is planning becoming more top-down or bottom up?

By Mark Edgerley, 19 July 2022

Mark Edgerley looks at plans to strengthen aspects of strategic planning, from neighbourhood planning to mayoral authorities.

Chris Brown

Opinion: Adapt places and buildings for the climate damage that's now inevitable

By Chris Brown, 18 July 2022

Our combined response to the climate emergency is too little, too late to prevent serious negative impacts, so we need to be working on adaptation, writes Chris Brown.

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