In this paper we draw on the findings of a mixed methods research project that has
examined the production, regulation, and delivery of housing in London. Our aim is to
develop fresh insights into the growing mobilisation of numbers and targets in contemporary
planning systems. More specifically, we bring two fields of literature into conversation. First,
drawing on recent contributions from Pike et al.(2019) we develop their notion of 'city
statecraft or the art of city government and management of state affairs and relations (p. 79) …