sustainable development

Appeal: 66-home scheme is ‘the wrong development in the wrong place’

22.05.2019

An inspector has blocked plans for 66 homes near Northampton despite the council’s ‘clear and significant’ housing supply shortfall, referring to the appeal site’s ‘very limited functional links’ with the...

Appeal: 9.4% enlargement of Cornwall village deemed unacceptable

01.11.2018

Matt Moody

Housing | South West | sustainable development | village extension

An inspector has refused outline permission for 60 homes near the village of Mabe Burnthouse, Cornwall, describing the scheme as inappropriate in scale and proportion.

Cities must become more sustainable if they are to continue to support global economic growth

01.11.2018

George Adams

This year's World Cities Day took the theme of 'Building Sustainable and Resilient Cities'. If we're to meet this challenge, we need to focus on inefficiencies in the way cities are designed, built and...

A passion for planning: Heather Claridge interview

25.10.2018

Chris Jesson

Heather Claridge was named Young Planner of the Year for 2018-19 for the ‘outstanding calibre of her work, studies and volunteering’. She tells Chris Jesson why the world needs inquisitive...

Appeal: Leicestershire village homes plan dismissed for accumulated harm

08.10.2018

Huw Morris

Outline planning permission for up to 66 homes at Rearsby, Leicestershire, has been rejected after an inspector ruled that the accumulation of harm from the scheme was not sustainable development.

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RTPI: Opportunity to align NPPF with UN’s SDGs missed

06.08.2018

Laura Edgar

England | Housing | NPPF | RTPI | sustainable development

In detailed analysis of the revised NPPF, the RTPI has said an opportunity has been missed to align the framework with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, ‘particularly as England and the rest of the UK looks for increasing international common ground’.

RTPI blog round-up: Influencing the Scottish Planning Bill

06.07.2018

Laura Edgar

Climate Change | International | Planning (Scotland) Bill | sustainable development | UK

A round-up of RTPI blogs: 9 June-6 July, 2018

Interview: Dy Currie, president of the Commonwealth Association of Planners

30.05.2018

Martin Read

Dy Currie arrived at The Planner's London headquarters on the last day of a whirlwind trip to the UK for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). Here she discusses the event and the unique...

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.

A manifesto for Commonwealth youth

03.04.2018

Viral Desai MRTPI

It's not just government reperesentatives getting together at this month's Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London – young people from across the Commonwealth will be presenting...

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