London Borough Planners Focus Group Meeting: Planning deregulation in London by LSE London published on 2016-10-07T08:36:48Z Date and Time: 28 June 2016 17:00 – 18:00 Location: New Academic Building Room NAB 8.03 Attendee list Sakiba Gurda – Islinghton Paul Simmons - Westminster Jennifer Watson – Westminster Mark Dorfman - Mark Dorfman Consulting Ltd Nancy Holman - LSE Alessandra Mossa - LSE Alan Mace – LSE Fanny Blanc - LSE The deregulation of planning controls is often presented as a panacea that will help increase housing supply and give individuals more freedom to extract value from their property/ies. From the streamlining of planning regulation to the government’s red tape challenge, the answer to the provision of better outcomes for society appears to be – let the market decide. But is it always best or desirable to allow the market to arbitrate collective values? Is planning deregulation necessarily the answer? We discussed this with some London practitioners through the use of two case studies: the extension of Permitted Development Rights that allows office to residential conversions and the partial deregulation of planning controls on short-term letting. Genre Learning
