In February and March 2022, the Greater London Authority (GLA) published draft planning guidance, known as London Plan Guidance (LPG), relating to design and housing quality.[2]
The Planning and Regeneration Committee will tomorrow discuss two of the guides, focusing on housing design and small sites and assess whether they will meet Londoners’ needs in terms of the design of their homes. Topics for discussion will include: the impact of the pandemic and Londoners’ changing needs, access to green space and the risk of overshadowing of tall buildings.
Do these guides fulfil their purpose of driving the delivery of more quality homes in London? How can local communities be more involved in the design process?
The guests are:
Panel 1 - Housing Design Standards LPG
- Elliot Kemp, Policy Team Leader - Design, Heritage & Environment, GLA
- Alan Smithies, Senior Strategic Planner - Planning, GLA
- David Stronge, Design Director, Peabody Housing Association
- Christopher Woodward, Director, Garden Museum
- Tara Gbolade, Director, Gbolade Design Studio and Mayor’s Design Advocate
- Andrea Carey, Volunteer Co-ordinator, Deptford Neighbourhood Action
Panel 2 – Small Site Design Codes LPG
- Elliot Kemp, Policy Team Leader - Design, Heritage & Environment, GLA
- Alan Smithies, Senior Strategic Planner - Planning, GLA
- David Ogunmuyiwa, ArchitectureDoingPlace and Mayor’s Design Advocate
- Professor Matthew Carmona, Bartlett School of Planning UCL, and Chair of the Place Alliance
- Emma Talbot, Director of Planning, London Borough of Lewisham
- Levent Kerimol, Director, Community Led Housing London
- Ilinca Diaconescu, Policy and Campaigns Co-ordinator, London Gypsies & Travellers
The meeting will take place on Wednesday 20 July 2022 from 2pm at City Hall, Kamal Chunchie Way, E16 1ZE.
Media and members of the public are invited to attend.
The meeting can also be viewed LIVE or later via webcast or YouTube
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Notes to editors
- Full agenda papers
- The four LPGs on design were originally published and consulted on as a draft suite of documents under the title of ‘Good Quality Homes for All Londoners’, in October 2020-January 2021. Following that first consultation, the guidance was redrafted and restructured as four separate LPGs, which were then published in draft and consulted on in February-March 2022. The GLA intends to publish a consultation summary document along with the final guidance later this year.
- Sakina Sheikh AM, Chair of the Planning and Regeneration Committee is available for interview.
- Find out more about the work of the Planning and Regeneration Committee.
- As well as investigating issues that matter to Londoners, the London Assembly acts as a check and a balance on the Mayor.
For more details, please contact Lisa Lam on 07795 616 902. For out-of-hours media enquiries, call 020 7983 4000 and ask for the London Assembly duty press officer.