J. W. Carradine

Urban Regeneration

Part II — The Financialisation of London

When housing, heritage and open space are treated as investment classes, moral boundaries are replaced by yield curves.

By J. W. Carradine · Oct 20, 2025

Urban Regeneration

Part I — The Empire of Finance: How Property Became London’s Primary Market

Financialisation does not merely alter prices or tenure; it remakes governance itself.

By J. W. Carradine · Oct 20, 2025

Campaigns

Truman Brewery Redevelopment: Independent Analysis Finds Scheme in Breach of London Planning Law

Our research brief finds the Truman Brewery redevelopment in breach of London’s planning law — and unfit for approval in whole or part.

By J. W. Carradine, Mark Shaw · Oct 19, 2025

Campaigns

The Truman Brewery Inquiry: When the London Plan Meets the Market Plan

This is not a story about appearances; it is a story about rules — who writes them, who abides by them, and who believes they are optional.

By J. W. Carradine, Mark Shaw · Oct 18, 2025

Day 4 Morning – The Architecture of Justification

This was not evidence but reiteration: the legal language of compliance performed as fact.

By J. W. Carradine, Mark Shaw · Oct 17, 2025

Brick Lane Inquiry — Day Three (Afternoon): The Aesthetics of Adequacy

“Once the means of decision become routine, the imagination collapses.”

By J. W. Carradine, Mark Shaw · Oct 16, 2025

Brick Lane Inquiry — Day Three (Morning): Landmarks and Blind Spots

Forshaw’s testimony turned planning jargon back into moral language. “The battle,” he said, “isn’t over style — it’s over stewardship.”

By J. W. Carradine, Mark Shaw · Oct 16, 2025

The Great Housing Betrayal Already Happened in Brick Lane

When Aditya Chakrabortty exposed how Labour’s leaked housing memo judged success by whether “developers welcome the package strongly on the day,

By J. W. Carradine, Mark Shaw · Oct 16, 2025