Planning, transport, housing, parking, parks, gardening. I wanna live in a park. Not a car park. @HSScorecard @CommunityPlann1 @LDN_LS
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Alice Roberts retweeted
And against this backdrop we have Government trying to build all over farmland, and smart alek's trying to take 45,000 acres of best & most versatile farmland in Suffolk/Cambs out of food production by trying to concrete over it with a 'forest city'.
theguardian.com/environment/…
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Alice Roberts retweeted
Many MPs urged gov't to include rent controls in Renters Rights Bill last week (see t.ly/VZ79-)
But @mtpennycook & @AngelaRayner argued rent controls wld reduce supply of homes
Short🧵w/ data to show this risk is small & can be mitigated, and benefits outweigh costs
Alice Roberts retweeted
Supply won't end London's housing crisis say @centreforlondon
'homes are increasingly owned by fewer people in ways that don't help ordinary Londoners - renting them expensively, leaving them empty and selling at prices most can't afford'
#TheWrongHousing
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz67…
Alice Roberts retweeted
'“We are told we can build our way out of a housing and homelessness crisis but it seems our housing market is flooded with empty homes” said Chris Bailey, Director of policy and campaigns at @emptyhomes '
More long-term empties than during the pandemic??!
bigissue.com/news/housing/em…
Alice Roberts retweeted
4y ago: first residents petition
3y ago: Dalston Ltn announced
1y ago: deputation, Dalston LTN "implementation well before the end of 2025"
5months ago: consultation
@SarahWoodberryD Could we get a concrete update on making Dalston a LIVEABLE neighbourhood for families?
Alice Roberts retweeted
My rant about lack of cycle infrastructure on Green Lanes has been printed in an actual NEWSPAPER 🎉🥳📰🗞️
It’s a half page comment piece in the Ham and High, out now.
The online version is also the most read story of the week. Cycling issues matter! 🚲🚲 You might … 1/9
ALT Me holding up the Ham and High piece
Alice Roberts retweeted
The first line of the actual piece is even better:
"One of the biggest policy failures of the past 50 years is the deregulation of England’s buses outside London, imposed by the Transport Act 1985"
He's right. It was an environmental, social and financial disaster
Alice Roberts retweeted
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Alice Roberts retweeted
To put this into context, since 2016, 30 people have been killed in collisions involving cyclists. In that time over 17,000 have been killed in collisions involving drivers.
I don't have a problem with the new law, but let's not think this will reduce deaths on our roads.
Alice Roberts retweeted
Oh dear all that about 4 million missing houses again! Problem is is that its based on a work of fiction. cornwallecon.com/post/the-ho…
Alice Roberts retweeted
Just watched a TikTok video about the Elephant and Castle station redevelopment.
485 new homes will be build above. 172 will be ‘affordable’ and only 3 will be social housing.
3!
Need to look into it but that’s wild if true.
Alice Roberts retweeted
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Build experience + make a difference 🌱
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Alice Roberts retweeted
The term ‘affordable homes’ does a lot of heavy lifting.
17,400 - ‘the number of affordable homes funded through Section 106 agreements with detailed planning consent that had no buyer in October 2024…’
Out of 27k - 44% of affordable homes delivered in 2023-24
From @NAOorguk.
Alice Roberts retweeted
Impressive work @EllyBakerAM @CarolineRussell 👏👏👏
The failure to regulate unnecessary and dangerous SUVs at a national and international level is leaving city leaders with little choice but to take a stand and do all they can to end #carspreading on our streets. @cities_clean
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Alice Roberts retweeted
With 1.3 million people on housing waiting lists we desperately need to build more social housing - but instead this government is giving carte blanche to developers to bulldoze communities and nature for expensive housing. Another betrayal from this Labour govt.
Alice Roberts retweeted
I urge the Government to back my Planning & Infrastructure Bill amendments.
We were promised a win-win for nature and growth - we got a developer’s charter that will destroy nature.
Let’s change course and deliver for workers and wildlife.
theguardian.com/politics/202…
Alice Roberts retweeted
Yes, the point is they can’t take their houses with them.
It’s not capital flight when the capital has four walls, a roof and central heating. It’s flying nowhere.
“If you bash landlords, they will leave.”
The government has “got it wrong” by going after landlords, as many leave the private rental market for Airbnb, says @KirstieMAllsopp.
Alice Roberts retweeted
London Fields west entrance @limebike customers have parked multiple bikes illegally over a zebra crossing. Lime have a contract with @hackneycouncil to ensure users park bikes in designated parking areas to keep pavements safe and accessible. Sort it out.
CC: @SarahWoodberryD
Alice Roberts retweeted
New proposals on Biodiversity Net Gain from UK Government will harm whole communities. 🚨
Weaker rules for small and medium developments = big damage to wildlife and our natural world.
📉 Nature can't afford this.
Read more 👉 wildlifetrusts.org/news/gove…
Alice Roberts retweeted
Build more and prices will drop for everyone, say the Yimbys.
But look - placemaking resulted in luxury flats, unaffordable ‘affordable’ and a handful of social homes, leading to families leaving London and schools closing
@CommunityPlann1
Guardian: “the Heygate estate was demolished in 2014..replaced by Elephant Park, built by Lendlease…the school roll slumped. Elephant Park has won many awards for “placemaking excellence”, is seen as an exemplar of a new global regeneration industry.” theguardian.com/commentisfre…
