TCPA

Local authorities have a ‘critical shortage’ of skills and expertise to address and plan for the climate crisis, according to the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA). 

Putting people at the heart of placemaking, the reintroduction of strategic planning, speeding up the planning system, and measures to mitigate the climate crisis have all been cited as priorities for the forthcoming planning white paper. It should also provide maximum clarity as soon as...

The planning system has the opportunity to make people’s lives better, but this is being undermined by deregulation and a ‘chronic loss’ of public confidence and trust in it.

The built environment sector has urged the new government to fund local authorities properly and to be bolder in addressing the climate crisis.