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Planning experts to take fresh look at London’s industrial land

By 2021-06-23T06:00:00

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Commission to deliver policy recommendations for brownfield planning later this year

A group of planning and urban design experts are launching an investigation into new ways of using London’s industrial land.

Centre for London, a think tank, has convened a board of 13 commissioners, including We Made That partner Holly Lewis and former GLA head of design for London Mark Brearley, to provide fresh ideas for the future of the capital’s industrial brownfield sites.

It comes amid a boom in internet sales because of the pandemic, with take-up of grade A industrial space leaping by 64% in 2020 compared to 2019, according to real estate consultant JLL.

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