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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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26.10.2020Many of us are sometimes asked to support or mentor someone. It could be a student deciding on a particular direction or sector to follow, or a graduate hoping to land their first real job.
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23.10.2020Community Infrastructure | covid-19 | Design | Housing | housing design | lockdown | neighbourhood design | UKThe Covid-19 related lockdown provided a unique opportunity to 'stress test' our homes and neighbourhoods, to find out how well they support healthy, happy lives - or not. The results are extremely mixed,...
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21.10.2020CCN | County Councils Network | Duty to Cooperate | England | planning for the future | Policy & Politics | strategic planningScrapping the duty to cooperate is one proposal in Planning for the Future that seems to have almost unanimous support, writes Catriona Riddell, but what are the options for...
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19.10.2020The Covid crisis has thrown into sharp relief the need for stronger local governance in the UK. We need to rebalance local and national power, argues Robin Hambleton
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09.10.2020Community Engagement | England | Planing for the Future | Planning reform | Policy & Politics | public engagementPublic engagement underpins effective planning, say Dr Tessa Lynn, Dr Mark Dobson and Prof Gavin Parker FRTPI. Planning for the Future offers few clues as to how this will happen in a reformed...
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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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