Opinion

General Election 2017: Is the housing crisis set to rumble on?

19.06.2017

Dominick Veasey

Dominick Veasey considers the election result and the job that lies ahead for new planning...

UK planners show international leadership

22.06.2017

Dr Peter Geraghty

Campaigning & Advocacy | disater | Habitat III | humanitarian crisis | International | international aid | Professional Development | sustainable development goals | UKBEAG

Planners have a part to play in responding to natural and human-made crises around the world, says Peter Geraghty
Time for change? Modifying a neighbourhood plan

14.06.2017

Kat Salter

England | Housing | housing supply | local planning | Neighbourhood Planning Act | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood

With the risk that changes in the broader planning environment can render neighbourhood plans out of date, neighbourhood planing needs to be seen as a continuing process, says Kat Salter
Legal landscape: To build more houses, we need to think small

08.06.2017

Bernadette Hillman

England | housebuilding | Housing | Housing White Paper | small builders | sme builders

The housing white paper may have reframed the housing debate, but transformation in housebuilding won’t happen until local authorities prioritise the needs of small and medium-sized builders, says...
Planners must strengthen the ties that bind

08.06.2017

Cynthia Bowen

American Planning Association | Campaigning & Advocacy | civic engagement | Community Engagement | inequality | International

Can planning address the biggest issues of our time? Yes, says American Planning Association president Cynthia Bowen
Q&A: Two minutes with Phil Gibby

08.06.2017

Simon Wicks

agent of change | Arts Council | Business & Enterprise | Economic Growth | England | Leisure & Tourism | Night-time economy | UK

Phil Gibby (PG) is the South-West director of Arts Council England, and has worked for the organisation since 2010. His background is in fundraising and...

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