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David Rudlin was announced as the winner of the 2014 Wolfson Economics Prize on 3 September 2014. David’s submission argues for the near-doubling of up to 40 existing large towns to provide new homes...
View ArticlePlanning healthy weight environments
As part of the ‘Reuniting Health with Planning’ project, the Town and Country Planning Association has launched a resource identifying the potential for planners and public health officers to work...
View ArticleGreen sprawl: Our current affection for a preservation myth
This report from the London Society revisits the initial aspirations of those who devised the city’s green belt in the first half of the twentieth century and provide a spotlight beneath which it can...
View ArticleLondon’s Garden Bridge: Backing and backlash
This blog takes a look at some of the best writing and public critiques of Thomas Heatherwick‘s Garden Bridge proposal. Read more online
View ArticleCityMetric
More than half the world’s population now live in a city. By the middle of the century, it’ll be 70%. This site has been established to explore all the topics affecting that growing slice of humanity....
View ArticleCommunity participation in parks development: Two examples from Berlin
This blog highlights two recent, acclaimed park projects in Berlin which offer different but equally striking stories of public involvement in the development process. Read more online
View ArticleRights to light
The Law Commission has published its final report and draft Bill on rights to light. This followed their consultation on the subject, which ran from 18 February 2013 to 16 May 2013. The Commission...
View ArticleNot in my back yard: Local people and the planning process
Councils should set out how they will investigate alleged cases of unauthorised development and make officers’ reports easier to find on their websites, according to a report from the Local Government...
View ArticleOperation of the National Planning Policy Framework
The Government’s flagship planning policy, the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), needs to do more to protect against unsustainable development in England and ensure communities aren’t subject...
View ArticleNational policy statement for national networks
The Department for Transport has published its national policy statement for national networks against which planning decisions on nationally significant transport infrastructure projects will be made....
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