SafeCycleLDN @safecycleldn.bsky.social Up to date maps and information about safe cycle routes and infra in London.
Safe Cycle London Map: http://bit.ly/378amr0
http://buymeacoffee.com/SafeCycleLDN
safecycleldn.com
Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social Tracking the Right's journey after Brexit and also the culture war's highly charged boundaries. Once a Fellow of the Adam Smith Institute, now centrist. Telegraph watcher.
https://open.substack.com/pub/rolandmcs
buymeacoffee.com/rolandsmith
London Reconnections @lonrec.bsky.social Transport analysis for London and occasionally beyond.
In Her Place @inherplace.bsky.social Helping create transport, places and spaces which work better for women and girls in the UK and beyond. https://www.inherplace.co.uk
Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social Exposing Reform UK.
General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social Former MP, former Supreme Allied Commander #WarOnTheCountryside, above average satirical photoshopper & senior advisor to Sir Keir Starmer before he became unpopular
Tom Forth @tomforth.co.uk Same as @thomasforth on X. Leeds, Yorkshire, UK.
Toby Lloyd @tobylloyd.bsky.social Policy wonk, spad, consultant, writer, Londoner. Housing, urbanism and transport mainly.
Vicky Payne @vickypayne.bsky.social Planning, strategy, design, art. Thinking about systems, places and how they function. Writing at The Field https://vickypaynewrites.substack.com/
Art on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/the_field_art?igsh=MXM3dGYzMDJnZ295&utm_source=qr
Sam Stafford @samuelstafford.bsky.social “That's what being a boss is. You steer the ship the best way you know. Sometimes it's smooth. Sometimes you hit the rocks. In the meantime you find your pleasures where you can.” C. Soprano.
https://linktr.ee/samuel_stafford
Wyn Evans @wynevans.bsky.social Founding Director of Shared Voice. Thoughts and insights on property and politics. Writing in a personal capacity.
Harry Quartermain MRTPI @mrhq.bsky.social Chartered Town Planner
Data Evangelist
Dad
www.land.tech
James Perry @perryjims.bsky.social Architect and planner. Housing and urbanism. Will draw things for money.
James Pargeter @jamespargeter.bsky.social 'Make Social Media Sociable Again’! UK housing professional. EG 'BTR's 50 Most Influential', BTR Alliance, ARL Special Advisor, SFH & Policy Cttees, BPF BTR & London Cttees, Radix Big Tent HCLG, et al. Views my own. Also other topics & on other platforms…
Neil Murphy @neilmurphy.bsky.social Director of TOWN | Urbanist | Plastic Geordie
Tom Barrett @plannertomb.bsky.social Town Planner what does policy stuff. Based in Northern England.
Planning Theory & Practice @planningtheory.bsky.social The official feed of Planning Theory & Practice, academic journal about urban space and place.
Ricky Thakrar @rthakrar.bsky.social Planning and development surveyor / economic development specialist. Lifelong learner, tweeting about built environment, sustainability, art and design, UX.
Paul Brown @pbkc.bsky.social Planning and environmental lawyer, sometime cyclist
EPlanna @eplanna.bsky.social Head of PAS, Chair of Public Practice
Jo Russell @jorussellbham.bsky.social Planning Director, Stoford, Birmingham.
Interests in planning, urban areas, economic growth. Loves animals (esp Labradors!) and travel, sporting events etc
Charlotte Morphet, MRTPI, FRSA, AoU @morphetminor.bsky.social Planner| Feminist| Londoner| Academic - Snr Lec & doc researcher @leedsbeckett | Co-chair @womeninplanning |#W7 resident | personal views etc
Graeme Moore @geordiegraeme.bsky.social Exiled Geordie. Town planner, part-time urban designer. Passionate about making great places. Long suffering Newcastle United fan and avid Football Manager player.
Hilary Burkitt @hilaryburkitt.bsky.social Housing, poverty, social policy, cats | Housing policy at Independent Age
Joshua Parkinson @joshmparkinson.bsky.social Town Planner and proud Yorkshireman living in Lancashire!
Richard Lemon @rlemon-planner.bsky.social Chartered town planner; former chair of RTPI London
Town Planner @sleekhands.bsky.social Urban & Regional Planner | ArcGIS & AutoCAD User | Survey Plan & Architectural Drawings | ManUtd
Duncan Smith @citygeographics.bsky.social Urban geographer and Associate Professor in GIS & Visualisation at @casaucl.bsky.social. Blogs at https://citygeographics.org
Mark Parkinson @markaparkinson.bsky.social BSc (Hons), MA, MRTPI, CRWM, CENV Professional Officer @StaffordshireCC | Ctr Town Planner | Ctr Resource & Waste Mgr | Ctr Environmentalist | Fin. IM70.3Staffs
Gilian Macinnes @gilianmac.bsky.social Town Planner, mother, Pluto owner🐕. Working in and for local government- management, infrastructure planning, Development Contributions. Views own etc and unless they are interesting ones of someone else 😁
Louise Wood @louise-wood.bsky.social Planning, housing and some other stuff
Jonathan Kendall @jonathankendall.bsky.social Architect / Partner @FletcherPriest / Associate Professor @BartlettArchUCL / @jonathankendall@mas.to
Jamie Ratcliff @jamrat.co.uk Interested in politics, policy, communities, making the UK better, #UKHousing, Norwich City FC and whisky.
Ben Castell @bencastell.bsky.social The town planner
Catriona Riddell @catrionariddell.bsky.social Strategic planner looking for some healthy debate about all things planning & development, local government & politics! Will also be hoping for some music chat on this thread!
Hana Loftus @hanaloftus.bsky.social Planner, designer, co-director at HAT Projects, chair of Creative Colchester. Also food and fungi and music. www.hatprojects.com, some of my journalism at https://muckrack.com/hana-loftus/articles, more writing and podcasting scattered around the internet.
Pete Apps @peteapps.bsky.social Inside Housing + freelance elsewhere. Author of Orwell Prize winning Show Me The Bodies - How We Let Grenfell Happen. https://peteapps.substack.com
Paul Smith @pmsmith.bsky.social Developer, land promoter, planner, surveyor, cyclist, YIMBY. MD of The Strategic Land Group, director at LPDF, advisor to PricedOut and columnist for Housing Today.
I write longer things on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/longwall
Tim Morton @timmorton2.bsky.social Neighbourhoods, community, social housing, poverty, art, film, humour, puns, photography, cycling, climate
Ian Mulheirn @ianmulheirn.bsky.social Economics and policy
Stefania Fiorentino @stefaniafiorentino.bsky.social Associate Professor in Planning and Urban Regeneration at University of Cambridge, Land Economy.
Fellow of Downing College.
Economic Geography & Planning: Local Economic Development, Urban and Regional Transformations.
🇮🇹🇪🇺🇬🇧
Maria Abreu @mariaabreu.bsky.social Prof. of Economic Geography and Fellow of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge. My work is on labour markets, migration, planning, and regional policy. I also love photography and baking, and have a crazy cocker spaniel called Fonzie.
Tom Dobson @tomdobbo.bsky.social MD Quod
Cities, planning, numbers.
Inside Housing @insidehousing.bsky.social The leading monthly magazine for social housing professionals in the UK
orrox @orrconsult.bsky.social UK urban designer and landscape architect; movement design #urbanism #activetravel #streets #architecture #morphology #maps #pyschogeography 👣🚲
Canterbury UK
Prof. Peter Madden, OBE @thepmadden.bsky.social Built environment futures. Strategic foresight for urban development with vividfutures.co.uk ; Professor of Practice, Future Cities, Cardiff University; member APF, Future Matters Collective.
Love sci-fi, street art, & football: Brentford FC & BCWFC
Jenny Wigley KC @jennywigleykc.bsky.social Barrister specialising in planning and environmental law and rating.
Dave Hill @davehillonlondon.bsky.social Writes twice-weekly On London Extra newsletter, available from https://davehillonlondon.substack.com/. Publishes and edits https://www.onlondon.co.uk/. Podcasts: https://www.youtube.com/@DaveHillOnLondon/videos. Busy.
Eddie Millar @emillar.bsky.social Policy Adviser at the Royal Town Planning Institute | planning, housing, nature, govt | socialism or barbarism | Pompey fan | All views my own
Jane Newman @janenewmanplanning.bsky.social Chartered Town Planner working as an Independent Planning Consultant at Jane Newman Planning.
Interested in people, places, rural development, listed buildings, minerals and waste.
Beyond that, walking, gardening, radio 4 and midcentury furniture!
Elaine Field @elainefield.bsky.social Planning lawyer at Brabners. Interested in all things planning and politics.
Rubix_Tom @rubixtom.bsky.social Chartered Town Planner and Director of Rubix Planning.
A lover of dogs, the countryside, any activity or machinery even remotely dangerous.
RTPI Independent Consultants Network. Views are my own and unfiltered.
Tom Furby @furbyplanning.bsky.social Town Planner and Surveyor. Viability and planning economics in particular. Assisting local authorities, developers and registered providers deliver. Also writes occasionally. Views my own.
Nigel Hewitson @nigelhewitson.bsky.social Planning lawyer and co-author of “Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets”. Other interests include music, sport, comedy and politics. Views own. Reposts not endorsement. Warning: likely to post about Prog rock and Watford FC!
@jleanlmc.bsky.social @jleanlmc.bsky.social Barrister, practising across most things land use / development related, with an increasing penchant for trains. Formerly SW now SW2. Personal views / reposts not endorsements.
Stef_W @stefw.bsky.social Senior Partner - Place&Infra @tpximpact.com , formerly FutureGov @CPCatapult & @LDN_gov. Built environment, digital, music and occasionally my own views. #plantech
Philip Barnes @pbarnes.bsky.social Housing, Land, Planning, Economics, Boro.
HouseyRousey @houseyrousey.bsky.social Planner, Principal Consultant at Planning Advisory Service (PAS), Women in Planning Kent Chair. Passionate about Planning, local government and improving diversity in the planning profession.
Red Brick @redbrickblog.bsky.social The place for progressive housing debate
| Get in touch at RedBrick@labourhousing.org
Kate Taylor @katetaylor5584.bsky.social Senior Partner - Place, Infra & Housing @TPXimpact. Ex housing delivery expert, now all things UCD, data and digital in the built environment
Tom Darling @darlingtom.bsky.social Director of the Renters’ Reform Coalition.
Posting personal views on housing and politics.
Centre for Cities @centreforcities.bsky.social The Centre for Cities is an independent think tank dedicated to improving the economies of the UK's largest cities and towns
Andy Lane @andylane07.bsky.social Social Housing barrister at Cornerstone Barristers, Manchester United fanatic and author of ‘Cornerstone on Social Housing Fraud’.
Northern Housing Consortium @northernconsortium.bsky.social The NHC is a not-for-profit membership organisation representing local authorities, housing associations, ALMOs and combined authorities across the North of England.
https://www.northern-consortium.org.uk/
Tom Kennedy @tpkennedy.bsky.social Work in housing policy in the North of England, like building houses, the England cricket team and Newcastle United 🏡🏗️🏏🌑⚪️
Katharine Swindells @kathyswinds.bsky.social deputy features editor at inside housing • also seen in new statesman, guardian, inews, boston globe, teen vogue • kath.swindells@insidehousing.co.uk • she/her
Marley Miller @marleygmiller.bsky.social Designing new ways to get affordable housing built, Thriving investments. Former economic adviser to Rachel Reeves and Treasury official.
Susie D @susiedlon.bsky.social Housing nerd, working for Trust for London (@trustforlondon.bsky.social). I talk about tackling the housing crisis, #TemporaryAccommodation and the #LondonHousingPanel a lot. Mum. Cat feeder. Christian. Randomly opinionated.
Ben Twomey @bentwomeyuk.bsky.social Former Chief Executive of Generation Rent, presenter on Policing TV, views my own.
Steve Hilditch @stevehilditch.bsky.social Housing. Labour-ish Politics. Geography. Newcastle United.
North Paddington/Queens Park for 50 years but still a Geordie.
#nufc @redbrickblog @labourhousing
Mark Tewdwr-Jones @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social UCL Bartlett Professor of Cities and Regions at CASA: Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis. Academician, urban planner, geographer, scientist, film historian, futurist, pro-rail. Believe in creating inclusive future places for all
Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social Deputy Mayor of London for Housing • Hon FRIBA • Former London Assembly Member • Former Lewisham councillor • Geriatric Millennial
Generation Rent @generationrent.bsky.social The voice of private renters. We campaign to make our homes safe, secure and affordable. Team behind #VentYourRent and #HomesNotHotels
https://linktr.ee/GenerationRentUK
Lichfields UK @lichfieldsuk.bsky.social The UK's pre-eminent planning and development consultancy. We’ve been helping create great places for over 60 years
Royal Town Planning Institute @rtpiplanners.bsky.social The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), with over 27,000 members worldwide, champions the value of planning in building thriving places and communities.
Visit www.rtpi.org.uk for more information
Tim Leunig @timleunig.bsky.social Policy thoughts: http://timleunig.substack.com Chief Economist Nesta, Director Econ PublicFirst, Vis Prof LSE Sch Public Policy, Vis Fellow Inst for Govt
Paul Coveney @paulcoveney.bsky.social Senior Clerk at FTB, planning and environmental set of chambers
Wreck diver
Second World War history nerd
@kcplanningteam.bsky.social @kcplanningteam.bsky.social
Mary Elkington 💙💛🇺🇦 @maryindevon.bsky.social Town Planner and Geographer (MRTPI). Used to work at NASA - planning IS harder than rocket science. We can do better.
Daniel Slade @dslade.bsky.social Head of Practice and Research at the Royal Town Planning Institute. Previously at the TCPA, IfG and University of Liverpool. Ormskirk to Morden migrant and academia to policy/research escapee.
Ros Eastman @eastmanplanning.bsky.social Digitally curious MRTPI Town Planner, fence straddling, training, supporting, advising where I can. Mostly here for your pet and holiday photos.
Duncan Field @fieldduncan.bsky.social
Justin Bates KC @justinbates.bsky.social Housing lawyer, editor of the Encyclopedia of Housing Law, co-author Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act and Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act.
Claire Tester @clairetester.bsky.social Town Planner, National Parks and Landscapes, Community Planning and Led Development, cats 🐈⬛🐈😹 Views are my own.
Fred Quartermain @fredq.bsky.social Planning Lawyer and Parent
Cathy Palmer @cathypalmer.bsky.social Regeneration specialist. Delivery advisor to Northern Towns. Community focused. Brownfield land focus. Place-shaper. Culture driver.
Paul Swinney @paulswinney.bsky.social Chief Economist at The Data City. Formerly of Centre for Cities. Posting mainly about economics.
Ghislaine Halpenny @ghislaine-h.bsky.social Corporate comms, public affairs, real estate, London, community, impact, books, music and food. Not necessarily in that order. Views my own.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social We work to speed up and support the transition to a future free from poverty, in which people and planet can flourish.
https://www.jrf.org.uk/
David Roberts @davidr-regen.bsky.social Sustainable urban regeneration.
Retired Director @iglooRegen;
NED @DesignForHomes;
Trustee @qualityoflifeuk;
Director QoLF Consulting;
Trustee @Brathay;
Co-founder @TheCommonGoodUK
Still learning...
No longer on X
Mark Fessey @markfessey.bsky.social All round local plan enthusiast (not just housing targets), mainly looking to point out that whilst plan-making is complicated, the underlying principle (balancing interests spatially) is clear.
Andrew Carter @andrewcities.bsky.social Chief Executive at Centre for Cities. www.centreforcities.org. Views my own.
Duncan Stott 🏗️🇺🇦 @duncanstott.bsky.social Geeky YIMBY liberal
Housing, politics, liberalism and growth
Oxford UK
Only lurking here for now
Joe Sarling @joesarling.bsky.social Economist working in capital markets ▪ Big on placemaking, housing, regeneration, land policy ▪ Inspired by systems thinking and servant leadership ▪ FRSA
❤️ cycling & running in the Peak District & on Zwift 🚵🏻♂️🏃
Mike Best @bestlaidplan.bsky.social Planning, placemaking, music, politics and general wokeness. Birmingham
Martyn Broadest @martynbroadest.bsky.social Director of Home for @ConnectHousing in West Yorkshire. @YHClimateCom Commissioner. Keep busy doing stuff in social housing and climate & nature emergency. @NorwichCityFC. UK Labour.
Zachary Bacon @zacharybacon.bsky.social Associate @ Quod
Julia Thrift @juliathrift.bsky.social People, places, public health
Lives in south London, interested in the world...
My own views, sometimes here: https://authory.com/juliathrift
Tim Waterman @tim-waterman.co.uk Writer & speaker. Landscape, food, utopias, queer theory, imagination. Prof of Landscape Theory at the Bartlett School of Architecture. Antifascist. Recent book: The Landscape of Utopia. At work on 'Reworlding: Planetarity & Future Imaginaries'.
Ming Cheng @architectming.bsky.social Architect | Town Planner | Urbanist | Photographer.
Interested in #architecture #urbanism #placemaking #urbandesign
I also take photos to capture cities and urban life.
blog: https://substack.com/@quietaperture
web: https://mingcheng.myportfolio.com