Welcome to the London Forum
The London Forum represents the views and interests of over 100 amenity and civic societies in London and their members on issues that are important for those who live and work in London. The Forum’s main focus is on Planning, Development Management, Heritage, Transport, Environment, Waterways and Open Spaces.
Reforming judicial review for infrastructure
A Policy Paper has been published on this subject. The Government wants to reduce delays in the delivery of nationally important infrastructure, as in the Banner review but also the Fingleton review on ...
West London Regional Park
The West London Regional Park has been proposed to combine green areas and water routes to promote climate resilience and economic development. Ealing and Hounslow Councils, Canal and River Trust, The National Trust, ...
Local Audit Reform
In December 2025 a policy paper on Local Audit Reform was published following a significant backlog of outstanding unaudited local authority accounts. The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill established the Local Audit ...
Reforming judicial review for infrastructure
A Policy Paper has been published on this subject. The Government wants to reduce delays in the delivery of nationally important infrastructure, ...
West London Regional Park
The West London Regional Park has been proposed to combine green areas and water routes to promote climate resilience and economic development ...
Local Audit Reform
In December 2025 a policy paper on Local Audit Reform was published following a significant backlog of outstanding unaudited local authority accounts ...
Reforming judicial review for infrastructure
A Policy Paper has been published on this subject. The Government wants to reduce delays in the delivery of nationally important infrastructure, ...
West London Regional Park
The West London Regional Park has been proposed to combine green areas and water routes to promote climate resilience and economic development ...
Local Audit Reform
In December 2025 a policy paper on Local Audit Reform was published following a significant backlog of outstanding unaudited local authority accounts ...
Thu 30 April 2026
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Our long-form review articles on key matters of interest to members
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HS2 Reset
The High Speed 2 railway has had numerous resets yet it clings on to its existence albeit in a truncated form. The latest announcement by the Secretary of State for Transport followed the publication of the Lovegrove report into what went wrong, and some interim recommendations from the on-going review of how the project should be reset that is being conducted by HS2’s CEO, Mark Wild. The Lovegrove report is useful because it finally nails the claim repeated over may ...
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How Effective is Planning Enforcement?
📆 Mon 29th June | 18:30 - 20:30
🚩 77 Cowcross Street, EC1M 6EL (map)
How can we make it work better? Planning enforcement is important. Unless it’s done effectively, the integrity of the whole planning system is put at risk. But it’s one of the most frustrating issues for civic societies and local community groups. We’ll discuss this and related issues at this Open Meeting on 29th June. Please book here ( https://www.londonforum.org.uk/events/how-effective-is-planning-enforcement#booking ) Cases typically include: Large developments that grossly fail to meet planning conditions or even submitted drawings and plans; Illegal demolitions; Unauthorised residential alterations and extensions; Additional floors…
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