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Weakening of proposed post-Brexit planning legislation, along with general deregulation of the planning system, presents a serious threat to the role of planners as stewards of the environment, argues...
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23.10.2020Community Infrastructure | covid-19 | Design | Housing | housing design | lockdown | neighbourhood design | UKThe Covid-19 related lockdown provided a unique opportunity to 'stress test' our homes and neighbourhoods, to find out how well they support healthy, happy lives - or not. The results are extremely mixed,...
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21.10.2020CCN | County Councils Network | Duty to Cooperate | England | planning for the future | Policy & Politics | strategic planningScrapping the duty to cooperate is one proposal in Planning for the Future that seems to have almost unanimous support, writes Catriona Riddell, but what are the options for...
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19.10.2020The Covid crisis has thrown into sharp relief the need for stronger local governance in the UK. We need to rebalance local and national power, argues Robin Hambleton
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09.10.2020Community Engagement | England | Planing for the Future | Planning reform | Policy & Politics | public engagementPublic engagement underpins effective planning, say Dr Tessa Lynn, Dr Mark Dobson and Prof Gavin Parker FRTPI. Planning for the Future offers few clues as to how this will happen in a reformed...
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08.10.2020A new network for BAME planners aims to tackle inequaity in the profession. Helen Fadipe MRTPI explains the rationale behind the BAME Planners Network.
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The rural community of Strathard in Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park was one of four locations chosen to pilot Architecture and Design Scotland's approach to creating carbon conscious places
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Is a climate-adapted future more likely to resemble Futurama or The Good Life? Heather Claridge shares discoveries from research into ‘carbon-conscious places’ in Scotland
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Electrification of public transport will be integral to resolving environment issues. But this will take the right combination of planning approach and political will, says Dr. Gavin Bailey
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