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.
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.
Day 4 Morning – The Architecture of Justification
This was not evidence but reiteration: the legal language of compliance performed as fact.
Brick Lane Inquiry — Day Three (Afternoon): The Aesthetics of Adequacy
“Once the means of decision become routine, the imagination collapses.”
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.”
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
John Burrell’s Alternative Vision for Brick Lane: Regeneration Without Erasure
“To conserve,” Burrell wrote, “is to sustain the relationships that make a place thrive.”
Brick Lane Public Inquiry — Day One Summary
The architects’ presentations — however elegant — cannot conceal the structural truth: this is not heritage-led regeneration; it is displacement by design.
