PLANNING

Factor inclusivity in from day one

Tackling social exclusion cannot end at the planning committee or once legal agreements are signed, according to Paul Hackett.

The recent case of children living in social housing in Lambeth not being allowed to play in a garden reserved for private homeowners caused public outrage, and rightly so.

Arguably, the greatest achievement of modern planning has been the increase in diverse communities. We've come a long way from the mono-tenure estates of the mid-20th century, thanks in part to a committed focus on mixed-income, tenure-blind developments.

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