"Good residential development is about more than delivering new homes. It is about creating places that work for the people who live in them, both now and in the future."

"The Greater London Authority (GLA) has commissioned architectural visualisation consultants Millerhare to update and rewrite the London View Management Framework (LVMF) with a greater focus on World Heritage Sites and St Paul’s Cathedral."

"The new plan-making system reforms how local plans are prepared and adopted in England. The central aim is to make plan-making faster, more consistent and transparent through a proposed 30-month timetable."

"As consultation on the Draft London Plan 2026 continues, attention remains focused on the affordable housing ambitions within Draft Policy HN3 and whether the evidence underpinning them is sufficiently robust."

"The publication of the Draft London Plan marks an important moment for industrial and logistics (I&L) and data centre development in the capital. "

"London faces a housing delivery paradox.  Demand for homes remains strong, yet the system through which they are delivered is producing ever fewer viable homes at the price points Londoners need. "

"The planning system has always required local plans to balance a wide range of competing objectives"

"The rising cost of materials, labour and energy – coupled with evolving tax and regulatory burdens – have increased the cost of construction, reducing the financial viability of building new homes. "

"Despite record university admissions in 2026, around one million young people in the UK are estimated to be NEET (not in education, employment, or training)"

"While foul drainage capacity may not be a glamorous topic, it is critical for new development and currently is significantly holding up housing delivery in many parts of the country."