Jas Bhalla

Aug 7, 2024 | architectsjournal.co.uk | Jas Bhalla |Will Hurst

In January this year, colleagues and I attended an event with the now former Minister for Housing, Lee Rowley. During a largely convivial exchange with a group of disgruntled, but by no means disenfranchised planners, the now former MP linked the UK’s housing crisis to ‘mass immigration’.

Aug 6, 2024 | linkedin.com | Jas Bhalla

In January this year, Vicky Payne and I attended an event with the now former Minister for Housing, Lee Rowley. During a largely convivial exchange with a group of disgruntled, but by no means disenfranchised planners, the now former MP linked our housing crisis to “mass immigration”.

May 1, 2024 | architectsjournal.co.uk | Jas Bhalla |Richard Waite

Dressed in obligatory PPE, last week Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner announced Labour’s plans to create a new designation – ‘grey belt’ – to release poor-quality green belt land for the development of much-needed new homes. Labour also reiterated its commitment to deliver the next generation of new towns – communities and places characterised by beautiful homes, green infrastructure, strong public transport connectivity and bustling high streets.

Sep 25, 2023 | architectsjournal.co.uk | Vicky Payne |Jas Bhalla |Alan Gordon

Planning, housing and infrastructure have never been more salient political issues – and for good reason. The UK may have recovered economically from Covid earlier than thought, but as a country we are not well. We are ailed by the significant and competing challenges of affordability, productivity and climate breakdown. Where Labour might once have prescribed public spending, a challenging fiscal picture has led them to join the Conservatives in calling for growth.