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L&Q joins social enterprise to unlock planning capacity
L&Q has become the latest housing association to partner with a social enterprise aimed at bringing private sector expertise into local government planning departments.
Public Practice was founded last year to address capacity issues in public sector planning by arranging work placements for experienced planners and architects in public bodies.
Peabody was a founding partner of the social enterprise, along with the mayor of London, Local Government Association, British Land, and Berkeley Group.
Public Practice estimates that its first wave of placements could unlock or improve 18,000 homes and create 20,000 square metres of public realm in London and the South East.
L&Q has partnered with the social enterprise as part of its aim of building partnerships with organisations dedicated to help accelerate new affordable housing delivery.
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Andy Rowland, regional managing director at L&Q, said: “We are excited to be joining Public Practice as a partner to support more proactive planning and high-quality design to tackle the housing crisis.
“L&Q has ambitious plans to build over 100,000 new homes over the next 10 years and we know 40,000 of these will be through partnership.
“Our partnership with Public Practice demonstrates our commitment to work with like-minded organisations to help deliver much-needed high-quality affordable homes.”
Finn Williams, chief executive of Public Practice, added: “We are proud to have L&Q as a partner of Public Practice. Our partners recognise that the key to accelerating housebuilding is not less planning, but more proactive planning.
“To build the number of homes the country needs at prices people can afford we need progressive and ambitious housing associations like L&Q, and progressive and ambitious planning authorities.
“Public Practice shares L&Q’s commitment to building skills across the sector to create better places. L&Q’s support will enable us to extend our programme to benefit more authorities, and more communities.”
