Community Engagement

Deliberative democracy: a model for better engagement in planning

08.11.2019

I recently attended the Oslo Architecture Triennale, which explored the idea of ‘degrowth’. Degrowth in a planning context is the idea that we need drastically to reconsider how we plan and build our...

Life through a lens: How young people can point the way towards town centre revival

06.11.2019

Katherine Simpson

The Instagram generation mediate their lives through apps, websites and social media in ways that were unimaginable even 10 years ago. Katherine Simpson considers what this means for town centres now and in...

People power, and why we should embrace it

30.10.2019

Louise Brooke-Smith

People power is on the up, argues Louise Brooke-Smith, and politics and planning should embrace it

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Study calls on planners and health professionals to talk to each other

28.10.2019

Huw Morris

Planners and public health professionals need to work more closely together to guarantee that health and wellbeing priorities are integrated into local plans, according to latest research.

Inspector advises Sevenoaks to take back its local plan

23.10.2019

Laura Edgar

The Planning Inspectorate has recommended that Sevenoaks District Council should withdraw its local plan from examination because of reservations over unmet housing need.

Appeal: Mobile home at BMX facility blocked despite 1,500-signature petition

15.10.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has invoked green belt harm in rejecting plans for a mobile home at a popular BMX facility in Chelmsford, notwithstanding a 1,500-signature petition and claims that it would have to close if...

Appeal: ‘Determined’ community group prevents historic pub conversion

15.10.2019

Matt Moody

A community group that created a business plan to save an historic Hampshire pub from conversion into a five-bedroom home has successfully persuaded an inspector that it is a ‘valued community facility’....

Case study: Designing a new community with young people in Kingston

14.10.2019

Matt Bell

Young people have plenty to offer planners and developers when considering new regeneration and development plans, says Kingston Council

Why planning needs to value young people's voices

14.10.2019

Teresa Strachan

Young people have much to offer planning processes, argues Teresa Strachan. It's time for planners to start taking proper notice

Community-led regeneration sets foundations for success

02.10.2019

Mike Fox

Community-led regeneration is challenging but rewarding – and it produces better outcomes. It's time to do more than just pay lip-service to participation, says Mike Fox

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