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The government must put sustainability first in its plans for the Oxford-Cambridge Arc and encourage local authorities and their development partners to bring communities along as part of the planning...
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11.11.2020England | Infrastructure - Transport | planning for the future | Policy & Politics | sustainable transport
Planning for the Future - the government's proposal for reform to the planning system - say little about the transport systems that will be needed to support new housing, and the consequences...
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05.11.2020
Liverpool has launched England's first land commission, to take a close look at how land in the city region is used, and how accessible it is. Land commissioner Kate Swade explains why this...
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05.11.2020England | Housing | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood | planning for the future | Planning reform | Policy & Politics | white paper
The planning white paper is laudable in its ambition to fix planning, says Ben Arrowsmith, but may need a little refinement in parts
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02.11.2020Campaigning & Advocacy | consultation | England | planning for the future | Policy & Politics | purpose of planning | white paper
The Planning for the Future white paper has brought out some excellent elucidations of planning and its purposes. This, from LDA chairman Frazer Osment, is an eloquent and powerful...
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26.10.2020
The coronavirus epidemic gives us pause for thought, says Elad Eisenstien - and an opportunity to completely rethink how we design our living environments
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Black Lives Matter and the Covid-19 pandemic have raised awareness of the damage that inequality does to society. Planning must take note, Helen Fadipe tells Simon Wicks
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At the start of 2020, Tower Hamlets’ infrastructure planning team was shortlisted for an RTPI award, but by the time it was announced as the winner, the Covid-19 pandemic had changed the world. Matt Moody asks manager Matthew Pullen about how the team has adapted
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In the wake of the RTPI’s call for mandatory health impact assessments in development applications, Mark Cope asks whether it’s enough to assess health impacts of the project or is a strategic planning health focus also needed?
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