Community Engagement

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Appeal: Residents’ evidence leads to quashing of Milton Keynes enforcement

30.07.2021

An enforcement notice alleging an unauthorised change of use of public space in Milton Keynes has been quashed after an inspector considered residents’ letters and photographs alongside Google Street images...

Poll finds residents want to have say on housing

28.07.2021

Laura Edgar

Community Engagement | England | lga | Local Government Association | planning reforms

A Local Government Association (LGA) survey has found that eight in 10 residents (82 per cent) want to be able to have a say on all new homes built in their community.

Appeals round-up: Traveller pitch refused in Essex green belt; Airport authority overruled on public safety zone scheme

23.07.2021

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 17 July-23 July, 2021

MPs denounce government’s ‘levelling-up’ agenda

22.07.2021

Huw Morris

The government’s levelling-up agenda risks becoming an ‘everything and nothing policy’, according to MPs.

Who decides what’s built in my name?

15.07.2021

Jane Maggs

Government plans for upfront local plan consultation only risks sidelining communities and deepening consultation inequalities, says Jane Maggs.

Just within reach: How do we make the transition from fossil fuels to renewables a fair one?

08.07.2021

Matt Moody

How do we make the shift from fossil fuels to renewables a fair one for communities that will lose industries and jobs – and where do planners come in? Matt Moody considers the idea of a ‘just transition’...

Growing food schemes / New Africa, Shutterstock_1510392164

£6m for London green spaces

01.07.2021

Laura Edgar

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has committed another £6 million of funding towards improving green spaces in the capital.

The Planner readership survey 2021

23.06.2021

The Planner

Community Engagement | International | readership survey | UK

Have your say on the future of The Planner and win £250 in vouchers!

Adonis wants help from people at the start of their career / iStock-838427800

The Chesham and Amersham by-election makes the case for app-based consultations – and for meaningful engagement with the young

23.06.2021

Joshua Carson

We need to broaden the narrative around housebuilding so that it incorporates the stories of young people, argues Joshua Carson. The way to do that is to blend technology with a radical rethink of...

News report: Residents ‘rightly’ want a say over development in their area

22.06.2021

Laura Edgar

Shadow housing secretary Steve Reed has said residents ‘rightly want and deserve’ a say on how their neighbourhoods are developed.

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