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26.02.2019A proposed four-storey care home in Edinburgh has been turned down in light of the council’s policy aim to ‘move away from an over-reliance on institutional care and towards support in the home”.
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12.02.2019ageing population | Demographics & Population Growth | elderly housing | extra care housing | Housing | South WestPlans for 30 retirement bungalows in Cornwall would constitute a standard residential use, an inspector has ruled, despite the appellant’s plan to restrict their occupancy to people who need at least two...
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04.01.2019In approving a 50-home retirement village on the Hoo Peninsula, an inspector has upheld a unilateral undertaking banning residents from keeping pets to protect a nearby site of special scientific interest....
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14.12.2018affordable housing | ageing population | care home | Demographics & Population Growth | Finance & Viability | South WestAn inspector has blocked plans for a 56-bed care home on land in Henley allocated for housing, ruling that accommodation for elderly people must not come at the expense of affordable housing delivery in the...
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15.11.2018affordable housing | ageing population | cil | Demographics & Population Growth | Health | Housing | UKHow do we ensure that everyone has the right kind of housing for their stages of life? Caroline Richardson and James Cross offer their thoughts
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11.09.2018active travel | ageing population | Demographics & Population Growth | England | Health | inequality | NPPF | Plan Making - Spatial Planning | population growth | UK | wellbeingResearch suggests that health outcomes are strongly linked to income inequality, and reinforced by quality of place. So, Hugh Barton asks, are the spatial planning decisions we make bad for our health?...
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18.06.2018Local leaders need to work together to identify a single plan and budget for housing, health and social care to better support older people, according to a report.
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04.01.2018The Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) Annual Conference – ‘Better homes, better places’ – took place the day after the Autumn Budget, meaning the Chancellor’s statement was at the forefront of attendees’ minds...
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14.08.2017ageing population | Demographics & Population Growth | England | Health | healthy cities | Malcolm Grant | TCPA lecture | wellbeingGiving this year’s TCPA Sir Frederic J Osborn Memorial Lecture, professor Sir Malcolm Grant CBE, chair of NHS England, spoke on the theme of ‘healthy planning’ and his organisation’s ongoing programme of ‘Healthy New Towns’.
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09.08.2017ageing population | Demographics & Population Growth | Health | healthy cities | Housing | Older people's housing | UKSociety is ageing, and many predict unsustainable pressures on health and care services. What can planners do? Tony Watts OBE calls for a radical shift in thinking
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