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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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24.08.2020cil | England | Finance & Viability | infrastrcuture levy | planning for the future | planning gain | Policy & PoliticsThe government’s mooted infrastructure levy is full of tantalising possiblities but – as yet – too light on detail for anyone to properly assess how it will function, says Julia Berry
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24.08.2020Community Engagement | consultation | digital engagement | England | planning for the future | Policy & Politics | TechnologyPlanning for the Future envisages episodic consultation with communities with each new iteration of local plans. But, says, Peter Mason, continuous engagement about the built environment is more efffective...
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20.08.2020The value and potential of green space and environmental improvement have been poorly understood within the planning system. Changes are afoot, but what sort of impact will they have? Keith Lancaster and...
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20.08.2020Development Management & Enforcement | England | Environmental | Gardens | green space | microgreening | permitted developmentWe all acknowledge that access to greenspace, however small, is vital for our wellbeing, says Adam Price. So why do we allow conversions under permitted development without regard for garden areas?
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19.08.2020
Planner Nissa Shahid believes that Covid-19 has proven that the profession must embrace new technologies and innovation
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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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