Neighbourhood Planning | The Hammersmith Society

Taking a View – Better Plan making – an engineered view

Hammersmith Society — Sun, 16 Feb 2025 10:22:41 +0000

With both the London Plan and Hammersmith’s Local Plan due to be rewritten shortly, and with all the noise being made about ‘The Planning System’ in recent months, here, our Chairman takes an engineered view. How can we write better planning documents to improve the ‘planning system’ ? With the help of established methods, perhaps

The Planning System

Hammersmith Society — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 12:12:19 +0000

Plan hierarchy

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Plan hierarchy

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Taking a View – OPDC Local Plan adoption

Hammersmith Society — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 09:53:25 +0000

North Acton OPDC

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Old Oak & Park Royal Local Plan

Hammersmith Society — Mon, 06 Sep 2021 16:02:59 +0000

OPDC local plan

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OPDC local plan

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Changing the Planning Process

Hammersmith Society — Wed, 04 Nov 2020 19:43:21 +0000

In March of this year the government promised legislation to improve the supply of new homes, including legislation on building safety, rental reform, social housing – and an update to the planning system. Following this, a government White Paper Planning for the Future proposed very significant changes to the planning process for public consultation which

Civic Voice Manifesto 2020-2023

Hammersmith Society — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 16:30:02 +0000

Civic Voice

" data-image-caption="" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Civic-Voice.png?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1" />Civic Voice launched its Manifesto 2020-2023, 50 years after the Skeffington Report on Public Participation in Planning, which arose from growing concern about the top-down nature of post-war planning and development and growing interest in the idea of ‘participatory democracy’ (that ordinary people need to be engaged in decision-making rather than simply voting for representatives

October Newsletter 2017

Hammersmith Society — Tue, 31 Oct 2017 14:59:43 +0000

Environment Award 2017: King’s House

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Environment Award 2017: King’s House

" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/kings-house.jpg?fit=512%2C384&ssl=1" />The 12-page October Newsletter has been published and circulated to subscribing members. Subjects include: AGM & 2017 Environment Awards Town Hall Cycle Superhighway CS9 Triangle site OPDC – Old Oak Landmark House Olympia White City Helicopter Noise Parks Commission Fast Track Planning Capability Brown Statue William Morris Statue Dimes Place LAMDA Town Centre Residents Group

April Newsletter 2017

Hammersmith Society — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 14:30:14 +0000

The 12-page April Newsletter has been published and circulated to subscribing members. Subjects include: AGM & 2017 Environment Award nominations Landmark House Air Quality Hoxton Hotel Parks in Peril Heathrow Third Runway Festival of Architecture Hammersmith Town Centre Shepherds Bush Green Dimes Place Wood Lane Arches North Kensington Gate Hammersmith Police Station Design Review Panel