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Context Earlier in the year LSE London undertook a short project looking at how Hackney addresses their particular problems of homelessness among young people. Hackney was chosen as a particular example because is a relatively young borough with a quarter of its population under 20 while the proportion of residents between 20-29 years has grown … Continued

How much open space does a city need? Compared to many other conurbations London has a great deal, but it is not distributed evenly. London's recent growth strategy has focused on high density developments, often including towers of 20 storeys or more, which introduce many additional people into existing neighbourhoods. Increasing the density of population … Continued

Originally published on The Conversation The UK's current housing crisis manifests in several ways, with inadequate numbers of new homes (especially affordable ones), high house prices and rising rents. There are major affordability problems especially for young people, and growing inequalities with older and retired homeowners, as they amass substantial additional wealth through rising house prices. It … Continued

Notes from a (Fourth) Roundtable Discussion at the London School of Economics: March 27th 2024 This roundtable involved some 18 invited participants coming from the London Assembly, London boroughs, central government, London HE institutions, consultants/independent researchers, civic/community organisations, Future of London and the RTPI [1]. Introduction The purpose of the session, as explained by Ian Gordon … Continued

This seminar involved some 45 participants coming from the Greater London Authority, Transport for London, London boroughs, central government, Sport England, London HE institutions, consultants/independent researchers, civic/community organisations, BPF, RICS, Planning Officers Society and the RTPI. Introduction Introducing the seminar as Chair, Alan Mace (LSE London) explained that it was part of an autumn-spring series[1], … Continued

Ways, means and mutual benefits of effective engagement with authorities and other key actors elsewhere in the Wider South East, throughout the London Planning process. Notes from a (Third) Roundtable Discussion at the London School of Economics: March 20th 2024   This roundtable involved some 25 invited participants coming from the London Assembly, London boroughs, central … Continued

What does the phrase 'high rise living' mean? Once, perhaps, it evoked an overcrowded flat in a 1960s tower, like one of those since demolished by Glasgow or Hackney council. More recently it might connote a minimalist luxury penthouse with floor-to-ceiling windows, expansive views and walls in subtle shades of grey. But these are stereotypes–more … Continued

Originally published on LSE British Policy & Politics blog The Government's housing policy has been focussed on building 300,000 new homes a year. That target hasn't been reached, and even if it had been, it would still not be enough to address the current housing crisis. Christine Whitehead and Tony Crook argue that the new Government should adopt a … Continued

"London goes beyond any boundary or convention. It contains every wish or word ever spoken, every action or gesture ever made, every harsh or noble statement ever expressed. It is illimitable. It is Infinite London." Peter Ackroyd, "London: The Biography" (Chatto and Windus, 2000) Representing the infinities of London within a finite set of statutory … Continued

Originally published on LSE British Policy & Politics blog The constant flux of Government asylum policy makes work very difficult for local authorities. Melissa Weihmayer argues that the Government should instead treat councils as equal partners who can help support asylum seekers in ways the Home Office can't. The number of asylum-seekers housed in London has increased … Continued

HERE you can access Catriona Riddell's presentation "London and the Wider South East: Current strategic planning context" as part of LSE London's roundtables' series "Strengthening the Strategic Core of London Plans"

When the GLA was originally conceived in the late 1990s its agenda involved a plethora of strategies with apparently independent focuses – economic, transport, environmental, spatial etc. Ken Livingstone as first Mayor sought to rationalise this by relabeling the spatial strategy as A London Plan, which would embody an integration of all of the other … Continued

Addressing the issue of effective engagement with bodies in the Wider South East, we have to recognise the very different planning and development regimes which exist in Greater London and the wider region. In London, the GLA Act 1999 places a requirement on the elected London Mayor to produce a Spatial Development Strategy (which became … Continued

Recent political exchanges between the Government and the GLA have focused on a large gap between targets and achievement in housing output during the current Mayor's tenure [1]. From our perspective in this LSE London event series, the surfacing of this issue really reflects much broader and longer term problems with performance of the strategic planning role … Continued

The current housing crisis Our current housing crisis has many facets. There are too few homes for everyone, those there are can be unaffordable, and intergeneration inequalities in housing costs and wealth are more pronounced that at any other time in the postwar era. Meanwhile home ownership is falling, while the insecure private rented sector … Continued