Welcome, October 2023

Welcome to the Just Space knowledge exchange programme with the UCL Bartlett School of Planning in the academic session 2023/24.

The School of Planning has collaborated for many years with Just Space, the network of London community and grassroots organisations which support each other on planning issues. These relationships enrich both research and teaching in the School. Just Space contributes to various UCL modules and helps to run this knowledge exchange programme.

In the knowledge exchange programme students and staff contribute to the work of Just Space or one of its member-groups, as well as engaging with community responses to the London Plan and other Plans and consultations. This activity is coordinated by Dr Daniel Fitzpatrick. The current London Plan came into force in 2021 but started its life in 2016 when Sadiq Khan was elected mayor. The process of developing a new Plan is due to start in 2024 so this is a crucial period.

More about Just Space: JustSpace.org.uk and on X (aka Twitter) @JustSpace7

More about the knowledge exchange programme UCLjustspace.wordpress.com

Briefing sessions will be on the 12th and 18th October for those who may be thinking of taking part. 12^th Thursday 5-7pm and 18^th Wednesday 3-5pm. Watch this space for final details.

Meanwhile email Dr Daniel Fitzpatrick d.fitzpatrick@ucl.ac.uk if you want to express an interest.

Many talks in this induction week may have mentioned Just Space. The talk by Michael Edwards on the London Plan this Friday 29th September, which incorporated a lot of GLA material, will be available on YouTube and linked here. In the mean time the slides from this talk are a download here. There are links and reading suggestions on the final slides. Later: here is the video recording:

https://ucl.zoom.us/rec/share/SPtL5LuCR5UWh_YtWFfgUw7SOm7gjq5ElIFtMSQRe9r_wmCCdiXYXQ20z8axFaE.iVQycSX1m_VZJfXf
Passcode: L$ei5.1K

Another, and more polemical, talk by him from earlier in the week is a download here but there is no video.

Last year we invited some colleagues to a panel discussion on the London Plan and they made some further suggestions of links and readings.