Opinion

The planning white paper is like a complex and confusing science fiction novel

09.09.2020

England | planing reform | planning for the future | Planning White Paper | Policy & Politics

David Vickery takes a close read of the Planning for the Future white paper and sees unanswered questions and subverted expectations at every turn

Building places people love – a new reality for planners and developers

10.07.2020

Andrew Taylor FRTPI

Community Engagement | Coronavirus | covid-19 | Housing | placemaking | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood | Plan Making - Spatial Planning | Public Realm | UK | wellbeing

The coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdown are changing the way that people think about the places where they live. Planners and developers need to be able to respond to this new perspective, says...
Planning during a pandemic - the CIL regime

09.07.2020

Julia Berry

cil | community infrastrcuture levy | Community Infrastructure | Coronavirus | covid-19 | England | Finance & Viability | planning gain

Some form of CIL relief wiil go a long way to kickstarting development in the wake of Covid-19, says Julia Berry
My view on... Planning and the pandemic

08.07.2020

Matthew Spry

Coronavirus | covid-19 | Development Management & Enforcement | UK

Lichfields’ Senior Director Matthew Spry outlines some of the ways that the consultancy has responded to Covid-19, as as part of...
Promises to protect the environment are going to be 'spectacularly broken’

03.07.2020

Craig Bennett

climate crisis | Environmental | nature | the wildlife trusts | UK

The deregulatory anti-planning ideology runs deep, says Craig Bennett, but the planning system is key to creating beautiful places and giving people access to all that nature has to offer.
Social value: How can the construction sector deliver more tangible impact?

02.07.2020

Bev Hurley

Campaigning & Advocacy | construction | England | procurement | Professional Development | social value | UK

Commissioners of public services are obliged to consider the social value of the work they procure. A...

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Case study: New life for The Newt

Hadspen House in Somerset and its estate have been transformed from a traditional private estate into a high-grade hotel, landscaped garden and sustainable tourist destination. Good planning – with plenty of newt-counting – was integral, as Matt Moody discovers
Twists of freight: Why the future might depend on rail freight

Fifty proposals have been submitted to Network Rail to reopen lines closed by DR Beeching – but if improving transport links is vital for people to access opportunities across the UK, we’re missing a trick by not investing in a strategic rail freight network, says Jack Osgerby
Picking up the pieces: The case for a federal UK

Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic have ruthlessly exposed deep regional inequalities that are pulling the UK apart. A federal system of government could heal the divisions, argues Malcolm Prowle

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