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Brick Lane

08
Dec
Day 9 (Afternoon) — Need, Weight, and the Test of “Good Growth”

Day 9 (Afternoon) — Need, Weight, and the Test of “Good Growth”

Tower Hamlets is, by the appellant’s own concession, “more acutely in need of housing than any other borough in London”
19 min read
03
Dec
Day 9 – Light, Language and the Right to Remain

Day 9 – Light, Language and the Right to Remain

“This crisis, we all know, is the housing crisis… Kensington has zero data centres. Westminster has one. Why should the most densely populated borough in London be the one with over 30? Why must the most marginalized people in our city be forced out by speculation-based real estate?”
13 min read
21
Nov
The Ayelsham Inquiry Day Three — The Arithmetic of Clearance: Viability and the Price of Peckham’s Future

The Ayelsham Inquiry Day Three — The Arithmetic of Clearance: Viability and the Price of Peckham’s Future

Prelude — The People Around the Table By the third day of the Aylesham Centre Inquiry, the cast was familiar; what
13 min read
17
Nov
“A Line in the Sand”: Brick Lane Speaks After the Inquiry

“A Line in the Sand”: Brick Lane Speaks After the Inquiry

“We don’t need offices. We need homes.”
6 min read
15
Nov
Day 8 – Afternoon Session: Planning as Alibi, Capital as Client

Day 8 – Afternoon Session: Planning as Alibi, Capital as Client

As the Inquiry nears its end, the data centre is no longer merely a structure. It is a valuation event.
5 min read
14
Nov
Economies of Displacement: Inequality, Legitimacy, and the Truman Data Centre (Day 8 -Morning Session)

Economies of Displacement: Inequality, Legitimacy, and the Truman Data Centre (Day 8 -Morning Session)

"regeneration is not a neutral economic event but a redistribution of vulnerability"
4 min read
06
Nov
Day 7 — Afternoon Session: The Public Re-Enters the Frame

Day 7 — Afternoon Session: The Public Re-Enters the Frame

Public testimony itself became evidence: proof that planning is a living process, not a closed algorithm.
6 min read
03
Nov
Day 7 — From Infrastructure to Inertia: The Question of Need

Day 7 — From Infrastructure to Inertia: The Question of Need

“a contest between democracy and development — between a community’s right to place and the market’s right to possession.”
9 min read
01
Nov
From Heritage to Humanity - Day 6 at the Truman Brewery Inquiry

From Heritage to Humanity - Day 6 at the Truman Brewery Inquiry

“There’s no evidence here of what residents or community groups said,” she observed. Henley agreed: “That is obviously the case from what I can see.”
7 min read
31
Oct
Day 5 (Afternoon) – Third-Party Submissions - The Wall Still Stands

Day 5 (Afternoon) – Third-Party Submissions - The Wall Still Stands

“Housing — especially social housing. Green and open spaces. Safe, walkable streets. Support for small businesses. More community and cultural facilities. GP surgeries and childcare. Sensible height and density — and the celebration of Bangladeshi heritage and stories.”
62 min read