Finally, someone is taking the interminable Building Safety Regulator delays seriously. committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evide…

Important and timely speech from David Levitt - receiving the well-deserved Contribution to the Profession award at #AJ100Awards - excoriating public procurement and architectural competitions. These are the conversations that the RIBA should be having. Is it?

Aah, yes: the Local Plan "momentum" where two thirds of them are out of date. If that's momentum, I'd hate to see what inertia looks like. planningresource.co.uk/article/192152…

"Driver remains below 70mph speed limit on motorway amid fears of legal action" theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/j…

Oh Manchester, so much to answer for...

Fantastic to see RIAS taking a stand on the continual failure of many public bodies to address fundamental flaws in public procurement. An equivalent initiative from Royal Institute of British Architects would be welcome. architectsjournal.co.uk/news/rias-dema…

Russell Curtis Tom Wilson 🇺🇦 Oscar 🌐 Dan Tomlinson MP Shama Tatler Chris Curtis MP Labour YIMBY They were the worst performers before and hadn't had a local plan in place for decades. Notoriously difficult. So if this isn't a case of proving that pulling it out of local madness is a good thing I dont know what is.

Spurious, mischievous Judicial Reviews are holding progress back and making us a laughing stock on the world stage. Let's hope this nonsense is given suitably short shrift by the judge and AELTC gets the go-ahead ASAP. theguardian.com/sport/2025/jul…

A new cutting-edge platform – the Data for London Library - has been launched by Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan during London Data Week that will transform how London collects, shares and uses data to improve public services and create a more inclusive, sustainable city.

Absurd planning validation requirements are acting as a huge drag on small site housing development, and preventing us from building the homes we need. Thanks to Sam Dumitriu for highlighting this in today's City A.M. - using our case study from Croydon. cityam.com/the-secret-to-…

At least nobody can argue that it was design ambition that's resulted in this being too expensive. Must have taken all of 10 minutes to knock that together in Sketchup.

Big Issue has included our #Locomotopia proposals for a new settlement in the Hertfordshire countryside in an article about new towns—and how Labour might meet its 1.5m home target. bigissue.com/news/housing/h…