Archive - Notes on Growth

No, data centres will not be given priority access to water in droughts

Zack Polanski needs to get his terminology right

Sep 23 • Sam Dumitriu

How hard is it to build in Hackney?

Even Hackney Council struggles to get planning permission from Hackney Council

Sep 10 • Sam Dumitriu and Gareth Rowswell

We can split the atom but we can’t afford to run the meter

UK Research and Innovation has had an increase in its budget - so why have we just spent a summer talking about cuts to major science projects?

Published on Fin McCarron • Sep 7

August 2026

The really radical policy in Labour's planning rewrite

What's in the new National Planning Policy Framework

Aug 18 • Sam Dumitriu

July 2026

Scotland is doing ok at electrifying its railways

England, not so much

Jul 27 • Michael Hill

Keir Starmer and the Brownfield Passport

Even Keir's good ideas happened far too slowly

Jul 24 • Michael Hill

What Burnham should keep

Four pro-growth reforms that should outlive Starmer and Reeves

Jul 14 • Sam Dumitriu

June 2026

What Powers Should Burnham Give Mayors?

And what should they do with them?

Jun 30 • Michael Hill

Is Air Con Banned?

Technically correct is not the best kind of correct

Published on Catching Mice • Jun 26

Spending more and getting less

On Britain’s infrastructure cost premium

Jun 19 • Sam Dumitriu

Allergic to accountability

Has Natural England ordered a pony cull?

Jun 18 • Sam Dumitriu

Is Manchesterism working?

And what is actually existing Manchesterism?

Jun 16 • Michael Hill

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