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Efforts to simplify the planning system to speed up housebuilding are almost certainly doomed to failure, says Griff Rhys Jones.
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Nick Boles asked the development industry to suggest how the planning system can be improved without new legislation.
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01.02.2014The introduction into the House of Commons of the government’s HS2 Phase One hybrid bill, in November last year, caused much excitement.
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Prime minister David Cameron says the government is “going all out for shale”.
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Communities secretary Eric Pickles is backing recording and filming of planning meetings.
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01.02.2014Dr Peter Geraghty has returned to normal life after his year in office. Here, the institute's latest past-president looks back on an eventful 2013
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While government policy is moving back towards zero-carbon housing, some housebuilders are looking to leapfrog policy requirements in the race to cut emissions. Matt Moody reports.
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Once home to the production of Acid Drops and Black Bullets, the former Maynards sweet factory in Newcastle has been repurposed once more and now offers a ‘golden ticket’ to local digital and creative businesses
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The reinvention of buildings is part of an endless process of renewal, says Kevin Muldoon-Smith – and greater emphasis on ‘adaptive reuse’ can help planners meet modern built environment challenges
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