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Getting the UK building will need bold thinking
The Labour government’s array of announcements on planning reform has been dizzying, but more ambitious action must follow if we are to see real change during this parliament
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Building Hope: A Crisis Response to Homelessness
How emergency permitted development rights could help address the financial and human cost of homelessness.
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Far too many councillors are on the side of the nimbys
Some planning committee members have a mindset of ‘planning by vibes’ rather than being led by policy. No wonder the government is keen to address this.
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The Grenfell inquiry missed the elephant in the room: design and build
The Grenfell report fails to grasp the wider lessons of this tragedy by ignoring the warped procurement culture that encouraged so many awful decisions.
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How suburban intensification could hold the key to delivering Labour’s 1.5m homes target
Labour’s new towns plan won’t deliver the homes we need anytime soon. To boost sustainable housing sooner, we should look to our suburbs.
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Small Sites, Big Ambitions
How suburban intensification can quickly deliver new homes.
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Housing development in London has a new weapon: AI
Data from an AI learning model that mapped the London Borough of Lewisham suggests the capital’s targets for ‘small site’ development could be radically increased.
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Britain’s Green Belt is Choking the Economy
I contributed to an article in the Economist newspaper about the state of Britain’s green belt, and the potential to build hundreds of thousands of homes around rural stations.
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Sadiq Khan should be bold. He should rethink the green belt
The London mayor should point out that the green belt is an anachronism and that a million homes could be built by sacrificing just 1 per cent of it.
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Off the Rails
Making the most of existing transport infrastructure must be a priority for Labour – even if it is in the Green Belt.
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Rural stations are the key to building 1.2m homes in the right places
In an effort to address the housing crisis, I mapped every railway station in England and used publicly-accessible data to show that 777 of them have development potential
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Croydon’s Conservative Mayor has put suburban resistance before home building
In tearing up the council’s innovative design guide for development at its fringes, Jason Perry has prevented the benign construction of urgently needed housing in his borough