• 23.05.2026 |

A council celebrated blocking 867 new homes in London this week. Were they right to?

Campaigners outside the Aylesham Centre (Photo: Aylesham Community Action)

I spoke to both sides of the heated argument about the Aylesham centre. Was the proposal 'gentrification on steroids’ or a perfectly sensible plan?

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