garden city

Garden city principles provide a better vision for housing

24.01.2020

Garden city principles provide a blueprint for the large scale housebuilding required to solve the UK's housing shortage, argues Patrick Clarke.

Call for garden city reference to be reinstated in the NPPF

16.04.2018

Laura Edgar

England | garden city | NPPF | Policy & Politics | sustainable development

More than 50 organisations have called on the government to reinstate a reference to garden city principles in the draft National Planning Policy Framework, which is currently out for consultation.

Mixed reaction to proposed NPPF revisions

06.03.2018

Laura Edgar

Professionals from across the planning and housing industry have responded to revisions proposed for the National Planning Policy Framework (NNPF), with some broadly in support of measures and others disappointed, stating that they do not go far enough.

Why we need to adapt our view of garden cities

02.11.2017

Sangeetha Banner

There's more to garden cities than the just the 'garden' bit, argues Sangeetha Banner – and planners need to stand up for the core principles of the garden city ideal

Wales round-up: Green light for master plan of Cardiff’s ‘garden city’ project; EU funding to unlock Caernarfon investment

17.03.2017

Roger Milne

A round-up of planning news in Wales: 11 March-17 March, 2017

Green light for master plan of Cardiff’s ‘garden city’ project

16.03.2017

Roger Milne

Cardiff | Cymru | garden city | Housing | Infrastructure - Transport

The City of Cardiff Council has approved plans for the remaining elements of Plasdŵr, the £2 billion garden city development earmarked for the north-west outskirts of the capital.