Opinion

07.08.2019

Like Nostradamus, planners are compelled to predict the future. But how accurate have their predictions been over the last 50 years; and how accurate will Louise Brooke-Smith's prove over the next 50?...

The Environment Bill: A case of unintended consequences?

25.07.2019

Paul Wakefield

biodiversity | England | Environment Bill | Environmental | Legal landscape | net gain | Planning Law

The draft Environment (Principles and Governance) Bill’s approach to biodiversity net gain could have unintended consequences, says Paul Wakefield.
To beekeep or not to beekeep: That’s the question for UK towns and cities

23.07.2019

Phil Stevenson

beekeeping | bees | biodiversity | Department for the Environment Food & Rural Affairs | Environmental | Health | honeybees | UK

It's become somewhat fashionable to support urban biodiversity by keeping honeybees on rooftops, terraces adn city gardens. But urban beekeeping may be doing more harm than good, argues Phil Stevenson...
We are failing to meet the housing needs of older people

23.07.2019

Jennifer Heron

assisted housing | care home | Demographics & Population Growth | elderly | England | Housing | older people | retirement housing | use class

New planning practice guidance on housing the elderly and disabled is welcome, but does not go nearly far enough, argues Jennifer Heron
Planning must have a new training compact to support local communities

19.07.2019

Dai Larner

austerity | community control | Community Engagement | decentralisation | England | participation | Professional Development | UK

In an age of austerity and decentralisation, the planning profession must take the lead in giving people control over the development of their communities, argues Dai Larner
Government must act on public support for renewables

18.07.2019

Michael Philips

Climate Change | England | Environmental | Infrastructure - Energy | Infrastructure - Green | Onshore wind farms | renewable energy

The government must take action on the public support of renewables, explains Michael Phillips.

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Planning Convention 2019: What does the future hold?

Titled 'The future of planning: What's next?', this year's Planning Convention asked big questions about the direction in which the profession is headed and the role it can play in shaping our collective futures. The Planner's editorial team took note
Convention 2019: Homing instinct

Discussion of the housing crisis – and what planners can do to fix it – again permeated the annual convention. The Planner sat in on panels focusing on specialist housing and the role of local authorities, as well as an address from the housing minister, writes Matt Moody
Convention 2019: Time to take back the streets

”What we do with our cities will either make or break our species,” suggested New York architect Vishaan Chakrabarti in considering how to create future successful cities. Martin Read reports

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