Regular visitors to our website will remember this blog post from February 2013 that presented our map of London’s Neighbourhood Forums. As with our February 2013 version, the Research team at LCA worked with London First and the Neighbourhood Planning team at the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG), to produce this updated map of…

We always like to be pioneers here in London. First tube trains 150 years ago, first Routemasters 60 years ago next year, but in the case of Neighbourhood Plans the good burghers of Upper Eden have beaten us to it. What, I hear you say? And what is a neighbourhood plan anyway? Well its part…

The Research team here at LCA have recently been working alongside London First and the Neighbourhood Planning team at the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG), to produce this Neighbourhood Forum map of London. Using data supplied by DCLG, we have created the map to highlight the geographical locations of Neighbourhood Forums across the capital. It…

The new drive towards this thing called localism poses some interesting challenges for communications professionals in the public sector. Localism in theory means that more services are delivered locally, away from central government control, and more autonomy is handed down to the borough, district or even parish level. The enormous organs of state in Whitehall…

Despite the 8.30am start there was a packed house at New London Architecture’s recent breakfast debate on localism – testament to the fact that people are still trying to get their heads around what this new political philosophy might entail. The event, ‘Localism in Action: London BIDS and bods’ focused around the potential contribution of…