Planning and Regeneration Committee: Draft planning guidance
Channel: London Assembly
Date: 2022-07-20

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.

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?

Watch the London Assembly Planning and Regeneration Committee meet to discuss this. 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