Opinion

The NI planning system ends its infancy: so what have we learnt?

15.04.2019

Four years since inception, is Northern Ireland's decentralised planning system working, for planners, developers and citizens? It's a slow learning process, argues Emma Walker.

Ireland’s planning regulator could change attitudes to planning

31.01.2019

Aidan Culhane MRTPI

Community Engagement | Ireland | Office of the Planning Regulator | Planning and Development Act | Planning Law | Policy & Politics | Professional Development

Ireland has created an independent Office of the Planning Regulator, and it could be the catalyst in a transformation of the way members of the public and politicians understand planning , says Aidan Culhane...
Democracy – a daring concept but should we give up on it?

31.01.2019

Louise Brooke-Smith

Community Engagement | democracy | Housing | housing shortage | local government | Policy & Politics | UK

We may need to tweak - or even overhaul - our local decision-making system if we are to solve the housing shortage and get the sensible, well-planned development the nation needs, argues Louise-Brooke ...
Careers Month: How do YOU find happiness at work?

29.01.2019

Freddie Bell

Careers | Careers Month 2018 | happiness | Professional Development | UK | wellbeing | workplace

We often talk about workplace happiness, but what does it actually involve? Freddie Bell of Mattinson Partnership argues that, when it comes to wellbeing, a change can be as good as a rest...
Joined-up planning is the key to better journeys

24.01.2019

Darren Shirley

CFIT | Commission for Integrated Transport | Infrastructure - Transport | NPPF | Smartphones | Technology | UK

The infrastructure that supports physical journeys needs to undergo a revolution if the promises of seamless journeys supported by smart digital journey planning is to be realised, argues ...
NPPF 2.0 and viability: Problem solved?

18.01.2019

Oliver Salisbury

England | Finance & Viability | NPPF | NPPF 2.0 | Policy & Politics | viability

The revised NPPF’s efforts to address problems around viability calculations are well-intended but flawed, argues Oliver Salisbury

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Small wonders: Can micro-living help to solve our housing woes?

Whatever its pros and cons, ‘micro-living’ is happening, out of lifestyle choice or necessity. And it's being created at grassroots level from self-build schemes, right up to large projects backed by investors and developers, says Serena Ralston
Tech landscape: Into the flow

#Plantech has tended to focus on intelligent data gathering and sorting, but what about the fundamental processes that drive planning? Simon Wicks finds out about Motif, workflow software for planners, and planners alone.
Council mergers: When two become one

This month sees the merging of council planning departments in Dorset, Somerset and Suffolk. Mark Smulian reports on the logic behind municipal unification.

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