The Planning and Regeneration Committee of the London Assembly devoted its entire meeting on 7 September at 2.00pm to presentations and discussion of the future of London Planning, inviting evidence from many of the Just Space contributors to the Community-led Recovery Plan published recently. Here it is:
The following is the Committee’s invitation to Londoners:
Agenda Item 6, Appendix 1
“The Planning and Regeneration Committee is delighted to host a diverse range of London’s voices in the upcoming Committee meeting on Wednesday 7 September 2022 to consider the impact of the pandemic on different London communities, and how approaches to planning can address inequalities and reflect the needs of diverse Londoners.
In preparation for this meeting, members of Just Space1 gave an informal briefing to Planning and Regeneration Committee Members in July 2022, focused on their Community-Led Recovery Plan. The Community-Led Recovery Plan sets out 44 policy proposals for planning in London, which Just Space co-produced through discussions with grassroots groups, with the aim of ensuring that ‘all voices are included in the future planning of London’ as it recovers from the pandemic.2 Subsequently, Just Space has collaborated with the Chair to suggest guests for the meeting, ideas for discussion, and to collaboratively develop the framework for the committee meeting. The full list of attendees has been confirmed and can be found below.
Panel One:
• Florence Nazziwa, Founding Member, Equal Care Co-op;
• Portia Msimang, Project Coordinator, Renters’ Rights London;
• Natalia Perez, Co-Director, Latin Elephant; and
• Saif Osmani, Founding Member, Bengali East End Heritage Society.
Panel Two:
• Francesca Humi, Advocacy and Campaigns Officer, Kanlungan Filipino Consortium;
• Christine Goodall, Network Coordinator, HEAR Equality and Human Rights Network;
• Yasmin Moalin, Youth Engagement Lead, Anti-Tribalism Movement; and
• Pat Turnbull, Regional Representative, London Tenants Federation.
For those watching the meeting, the Committee would like to invite you to tune in to the full 3 hours as we are hoping some of the discussions from the first panel will inform the second panel. We hope that the ideas between the two panels can cross-pollinate and synthesise over the meeting, leading us to some constructive follow-ups.
The meeting will begin with two 5-minute presentations: the first on the work of the London Recovery Board by the GLA; and the second by Just Space representative Robin Brown, detailing their Recovery Plan work. The Committee has also invited representatives from the GLA Planning for London programme to observe the meeting in order to capture the ideas and voices in the meeting, and how these could inform a future London Plan.
We look forward to welcoming our guests on 7 September 2022.
1 Just Space describes itself as an informal alliance of around 80 community groups, campaigns and concerned independent organisations which was formed to act as a voice for Londoners at grassroots level during the formulation of London’s major planning strategy, particularly the London Plan.
2 Just Space, Community-Led Recovery Plan, April 2022 “
Meeting details and link to webcast at https://www.london.gov.uk/about-us/londonassembly/meetings/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=441&MId=7224&Ver=4
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