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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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06.10.2020Canadian Institute of Planners CEO Beth McMahon (top right in image) is encouraged by increased cooperation between Canada's different levels of government
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05.10.2020Campaigning & Advocacy | Community Infrastructure | England | Night-time economy | Planing for the Future | Planning reform | Policy & Politics | Sound diplomacyThe government's proposed planning reforms have a huge blind spot when it comes to cultural activities and the night-time economy, argue Shain Shapiro and Tara Tank
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05.10.2020Development Management & Enforcement | England | permitted development rights | Policy & Politics | upwards extensionsExtended permitted development rights have created something of an uproar, notes Gary Hoban. But it's not as bad as people think
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05.10.2020England | housing need calculation | housing numbers | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood | Planning Law | standard methodThe government is consulting on a change to the standard method for calculating housing supply. Combined with zonal planning and scrapping of the duty to cooperate, Katherine Evans foresees...
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05.10.2020active travel | England | Infrastructure - Transport | planning for the future | Planning reform | white paperTransport is integral to the paradigm shift towards cleaner healthier places - but it's barely mentioned in the government's blueprint for planning reform, say Stephen Bennett and...
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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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