Rob Krzyszowski

Barkers of Kensington

Design Museum

Olympia

Come & work at one of the best planning authorities in the country on our emerging new Local Plan! Apply for this Principal Planning Officer (Policy) vacancy now jobs.haringey.gov.uk/jobs/princip...

New Piccadilly Line trains bring tested - spotted in Hammersmith

Interestingly the FAQs talk about "Neighbourhood Boards... with responsibility for developing their Regeneration Plan" although no mention of Neighbourhood Planning www.gov.uk/government/p...

MHCLG has published a new "Pride in Place Strategy" which is quite wide-ranging - here are the key extracts I think most relevant to Local Planning Authorities www.gov.uk/government/p...

Communities to seize control over high streets and restore pride Local communities will be handed new powers to revitalise their high streets and restore pride in their towns.

Government announces 'Pride in Place' programme including the "Power to block unwanted shops: empowering councils in England to say no to new betting shops, vapes stores and fake barbers" www.gov.uk/government/n...

Local plans: pre-examination checklists The pre-examination checklists are to help local planning authorities ensure their plan is “ready for examination” as referred to in section 20 of the 2004 Act.

Planning Inspectorate has published helpful new Local Plans Pre-Examination Checklist - hopefully this sits nicely alongside the Planning Advisory Service's helpful toolkits too - a useful checklist for earlier stages of Local Plan production too e.g. Reg 18, Reg 19 etc www.gov.uk/government/p...

Oxford Street - pedestrianised version - for the day

Housing Secretary issues 'call to arms' to 'build, baby, build' New Housing Secretary has issued a 'call to arms' to leading developers and housebuilders following a roundtable held this week.

I prefer my catchphrase of "Plan, Baby, Plan" but this'll do www.gov.uk/government/n...

I'm speaking at #LREF2025 next week at Guildhall on "The Upper Lee Valley – How turbo charged industrial development is powering places into the future” panel, exploring how this vital industrial cluster can unlock new sites for homes, jobs, and inclusive growth www.lref.co.uk/register/

I'm excited to be speaking at the Landmark Chambers Planning Conference 2025 'Shaping London's Future'. I'll be giving a view from London Borough of Haringey on the key planning reforms and capacity issues that LPAs are facing & what we're doing about it www.landmarkchambers.co.uk/events/landm...

Building Control Independent Panel - informing recommendations to government

MHCLG's Building Control Independent Panel has opened a Call for Evidence until 29 August which will be used to inform its recommendations to Government www.gov.uk/government/c...

The PAS guide to running a good Planning Committee Source of photograph: Shropshire Star, 2011 You know that things are not as good as they could be at planning committee, but you haven’t got the time to spend hours viewing other planning com…

Check out this very useful "Planning committee best practice self-assessment toolkit" published by the LGA Planning Advisory Service planningadvisor.wordpress.com/2025/07/24/t...

Building Safety Levy: Guidance This guidance explains the operation of the Building Safety Levy.

And also the Building Safety Levy 'Guidance' has been published too www.gov.uk/guidance/bui...

The Building Safety Levy (England) Regulations 2025 are here! The new Levy takes effect on 1 October 2026
www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9...

Pleased to be speaking at the Proptech Show 2025 about Haringey's digital planning. Looking forward to sharing insights and connecting with fellow leaders shaping the future of property technology and innovation. bit.ly/3XJxxmv #pts25 #proptechshow2025 #proptechshow #proptech #londonproptech

Consideration of embodied carbon in new buildings Research report on the practical, technical and economic impacts of measuring and reducing embodied carbon in new buildings.

MHCLG has published a research report by AECOM about measuring and reducing embodied carbon in buildings - will this help shape future national planning policy & building regulations? www.gov.uk/government/p...

The results of the GLA's Placeshaping Capacity Survey 2024 have been published. This looks at capacity & skills of Planning, Building Control, Design, Heritage, S106/CIL, Transport, Placemaking, Property, Capital Delivery, etc www.london.gov.uk/programmes-s...

Housing and growth threatened by council staff shortages | News, Press release | News | UNISON National Councils must be able to recruit more planning staff if communities are to get the homes, schools and services they need.

Housing and growth threatened by council staff shortages
www.unison.org.uk/news/press-r...

At the BusinessLDN event tonight on "Supporting Local Planning Authority Resources in London" - great that the private sector is working on creative ways to support public sector resourcing

Localised fees setting – get involved with PAS Linked to the Planning & Infrastructure Bill, we are working on a model to allow councils to set their own fees (if they want to) and to promote a way of thinking about what a good pl…

👇 See this blog post about 1 of the most important projects in planning at the moment - setting a methodology for local planning application fee setting - for when the Planning & Infrastructure Bill gives Councils the power next year planningadvisor.wordpress.com/2025/06/24/l...

Over 500,000 homes to be built through new National Housing Bank £16bn of new public investment will help build over 500,000 new homes, unlocking over £53bn of private investment, as part of the government’s Plan for Change

"Over 500,000 homes to be built through new National Housing Bank" www.gov.uk/government/n...

SITES — Moving Pictures Sites: Home > Database > Case Study > MOVING PICTURESreusing cinemas as places of worship in the...

Fascinating & important research from the University of Westminster on "reusing cinemas as places of worship in the diaspora". Just the photos of the case studies is really interesting in terms of repurposing historic buildings for a new use and communities moving-pictures.info/SITES-1

Congratulations to Coplug for winning the Award for Use of Digital Technology in Planning at the Planning Awards 2025 for the Haringey Digital Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP) with our Spatial Planning service www.planningawards.com/finalists/ha...

#ThePlanningSummit Great to hear about Strategic Planning from @catrionariddell.bsky.social & Louise Sloan Newcastle City Council. Now that the principle of strategic planning has been re-established it's exciting to see it actually working through in practice!

#ThePlanningSummit Great to see 2x housing schemes from Haringey (amongst some other great projects) showcased by MHCLG Chief Planner Joanna Averley including Hale Wharf by Allies & Morrison & Rowan Court by Haringey Council & Satish Jassal Architects Planning Magazine Planning Resource

I'm looking forward to speaking at the #PlanningSummit2025 next week on Wednesday 11 June at the IET London at the session on "How can local planning authorities deliver great services without the funding to match?" www.planningsummit.co.uk/homepage

Vision led planning: how to plan development and transport infrastructure more sustainably An examination of the advantages and disadvantages of using different metrics (i.e. weight, height, length, width) to define ‘oversized vehicles’ when designing parking charges tariffs to deter the us...

The updated National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) in December introduced a new "vision-led" approach to transport planning. What's that? Here's a useful explainer: www.transportforqualityoflife.com/reports/visi...