Design

The government's white paper proposal to introduce design codes presents a challenge to England's planning system. But they can work if they meet a number of criteria, argues Jane Dann

A homeowner's plan to disguise a garage extension by covering it in planting failed to persuade an inspector, who ruled that the scheme would appear 'overly engineered and incongruous'.

Wei Yang takes on the RTPI presidency with a rallying cry: our founding principles should inform our future ambitions. Martin Read reports.

Plans to redevelop a former industrial site near the Olympic Park in East London have been rejected by an inspector, who found that the 18-storey scheme’s design was ‘not high quality, let alone exceptional...