@russellcurtis.co.uk
Director of RCKa, but everything here my own. Barnet, London & Europe. Chair of Barnet QRP & Mayor's Design Advocate. Spatial research, planning, pro-housing & Yimby. I'm a professional cynic but my heart's not in it.
https://russellcurtis.co.uk
@davehillonlondon.bsky.socialReposted by @russellcurtis.co.ukPleased to publish this piece by @russellcurtis.co.uk about the various challenges of building on Green Belt land in #london: www.onlondon.co.uk/russell-curt... #london #londonplan
@russellcurtis.co.ukWait until he hears about the 339,880 cyclists and pedestrians killed by non-Teslas last year!
@russellcurtis.co.ukThe Master Oak, Stanmore. Thought to date from the reign of Henry VIII, its heft is likely due to a clutch of acorns buried by a squirrel that grew together and fused over the centuries.
@russellcurtis.co.ukHow funny! I've just added that one!
@russellcurtis.co.ukHave you ever wondered how the proposed Local Government Reorganisation correlates with the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of 5th-9th century England? Of course not!
But I made a map of it anyway. Compare LGR, devolution and SDS boundaries...now with added "Heptarchy Mode".
apps.curtography.uk/lgr/
@russellcurtis.co.ukWe were on Rainham Marshes on Sunday. Here are some Paper Wasps that have built their home at either end of a steel handrail. I wonder if they join up in the middle?
@russellcurtis.co.ukI've delved into the distressing statistics around the human and financial cost of homelessness in England. It's grim.
apps.curtography.uk/ta/
@russellcurtis.co.ukAfter a year of hard work, RCKa is delighted to launch the consultation draft of the London Plan Small Sites Design Code—a potentially transformative planning policy for new homes across the city.
consult.london.gov.uk/london-small...
@russellcurtis.co.ukHave you been to the Nelson Stair?
@russellcurtis.co.ukOur new home! Just moved into the West Wing.
@russellcurtis.co.ukResidents of Barnet rejoice, too!
