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Call for £1.2 billion investment to prevent road deaths and injuries

18.09.2020

Huw Morris

Investing £1.2 billion in road safety would prevent more than 8,000 fatal and serious injuries in the next 20 years.

Appeals round-up: Double-decker café deemed harmful to AONB; Newly designated conservation area removes demolition rights

18.09.2020

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 12 September-18 September, 2020

Legal briefs: Court of Appeal bid to overturn permission for Suffolk school rejected; Consultancy conflict of interest case over Dublin development

18.09.2020

Roger Milne

A round-up of legal news: 12 September –18 September 2020

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Group calls for diversity of developers to meet government housing pledges

17.09.2020

Huw Morris

federation of master builders | Housing | Housing Diversification | smes | UK

Government ambitions to ‘build back better’ cannot only rely on volume housebuilders – a much wider group of housing developers is needed to deliver its aims, says an industry group.

RTPI launches guide to climate action tools

17.09.2020

Huw Morris

The RTPI has launched a guide for planners on how to reduce carbon emissions while also managing such climate impacts as flooding and overheating.

Meanwhile – a fresh idea to relieve the housing shortage

16.09.2020

Mark Wiseman

Sites awaiting permanent development needn't lie empty, says Mark Wiseman. Modern methods of construction enable their 'meanwhile' use as temporary housing for those in need

Grenfell shows we must fortify the link between planning and building regs

16.09.2020

Malcolm Sharp MBE

The Grenfell disaster shows that a dangerous disjointedness between planning and building regulations. It's a gap that must be closed, says Malcolm Sharp