Community Engagement

Council outlines plan for Weston-super-Mare

05.11.2020

Laura Edgar

North Somerset Council’s executive team has endorsed a 10-year vision that seeks to address issues faced by the high street in an inclusive way that focuses on wellbeing.

Agents of change: How young planners are supporting sustainable development around the world

04.11.2020

Matt Moody and Simon Wicks

Young planners around the world are creating projects to deliver Sustainable Development Goals within their own countries and communities – and they're having an impact, as Simon Wicks and Matt Moody...

Agent of change: Viviana Cordero

02.11.2020

Vivian Cordero

In our November issue, we've profiled young planners who are delivering sustainable development goals around the world. Read about the...

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Public to be surveyed on England’s planning system

02.11.2020

Laura Edgar

Community Engagement | England | housing communities and local government committee | planning for the future | Policy & Politics

The Housing, Communities and Local Government (HCLG) Committee has asked the public to take part in a survey on the planning system in England and the government’s proposed reforms to it.

Body required to align local plans with economic and environmental strategies

29.10.2020

Laura Edgar

The RTPI has called for the establishment of Green Growth Boards in England that would provide a strategic context for local plans and align them to economic, infrastructure and environment strategies that span multiple local authorities.

Public trust is ‘vital’ to reforming planning

29.10.2020

Laura Edgar

Building up public trust is 'vital' if reforming the planning system is going to be a success, according to the Town and Country Planning Association's (TCPA) alternative reforms.

Neighbourhood plans improve local engagement but work needed to expand activity

28.10.2020

Laura Edgar

Local engagement with planning authorities has been improved through neighbourhood planning and plans have become ‘important vehicles’ for placemaking beyond land use planning, according to an independent report.

London councils write to Jenrick over ‘unworkable’ planning reforms

26.10.2020

Laura Edgar

Local authorities in London have joined together to write to housing secretary Robert Jenrick to express concerns about ‘unworkable’ reforms to the planning system and threats to democracy.

Northern Ireland round-up: Mallon seeks to improve community engagement; 3,000-home Derry development unveiled

23.10.2020

Roger Milne

Community Engagement | greenways | Northern Ireland | Stormont | trees

A round-up of planning news in Northern Ireland: 17 October-23 October, 2020

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Mallon seeks to improve community engagement

22.10.2020

Laura Edgar

Community Engagement | Coronavirus | Department for infrastructure | Nichola Mallon | Northern Ireland

Nichola Mallon, Northern Ireland’s infrastructure minister, has established a Planning Engagement Partnership to assess how to improve community engagement.

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