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Research for resilience. Birmingham, 19-20 March 2012
Posted on: 30 May 2012
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Presentations are available from the Local Area Research & Intelligence Association (LARIA) Conference which considered the challenges facing local authorities in the current political and economic climate.
Community rights – A changing picture?
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Over the course of December 2011 to March 2012, the Urban Forum held a series of 12 events across England on community rights and neighbourhood planning. The aim was to engage community groups on this new policy agenda, and to increase the level of awareness and understanding of community rights. This paper outlines the opinions of around 200 participants at the events.
A policy on architecture and placemaking for Scotland
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The Scottish Government has published a paper to underpin a public consultation process which will inform the future shape of policy and help the Scottish Government consider how our architecture and places can help provide a better quality of life and better position Scotland on the world stage. As a starting point for discussion, The paper considers 4 key themes around which the policy could contribute and asks a set of 12 related questions.
Planning camp. Eden Project, Cornwall, 5-7 February 2012
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Over 100 people attended this first Planning Camp, featuring a combination of plenary sessions,, site visits, hands-on workshops and discussion and debate. Planning experts and people from local groups talked about their experiences of taking part in the neighbourhood planning process. Presentations are available online.
Community Right to Build
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Under the Community Right to Build, communities will be able to approve new local developments without the need to go through the normal planning application process. Locality is offering expert advice and information via a new website, providing support for whatever stage of the journey you are at, whether you are getting started, looking for legal advice, information on a business case or have a specific question for a Community Right to Build expert. It also directs you to a free advice service, where Community Rights experts can provide you with tailored support.
Smartfusion: Smart Urban Freight Solutions
Posted on: 29 May 2012
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Smartfusion is a public-private partnership, including the University of Westminster, which aims to build upon the existing urban freight development strategies of three demonstration city-regions: Newcastle, Berlin and the Lombardy region. It will demonstrate smart urban freight solutions in urban-interurban supply chains.
Background Report for the Development of the Reference Document on Best Environmental Management Practice in the Public Administration Sector
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This document describes best environmental management practice, and includes environmental performance indicators for specific sectors and, where appropriate, benchmarks of excellence and rating systems identifying performance levels. The use of this reference document is voluntary but EMAS organisations are strongly encouraged to use them for setting up their environmental management system and for defining their environmental targets.
Biodiversity indicators: 2012 assessment
Posted on: 29 May 2012
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The 2012 statistics on biodiversity indicators have been published by the today. The twenty-four indicators, in both the England and UK publications, provide an insight into the health of our natural environment. The indicators include the population status of key species, plant diversity, the status of priority species, habitats and ecosystems, protected sites, management of woodland agricultural land and fisheries, expenditure on biodiversity, and the amount of time given by volunteers to nature conservation activities.
Heathrow Garden City
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Heathrow airport should be turned into a garden city if a new hub is built elsewhere, according to Graeme Bell, vice-president of the Town and Country Planning Association. He proposes turning Terminals 1, 2 and 3 into mixed-use commercial development, and suggests putting a retail park at Terminal 4 and building homes for 30,000 people across four so-called garden suburbs.
Housebuilding 2012: The opportunities and challenges facing the UK housebuilding industry
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The Housebuilding report contains the findings of Knight Frank’s second annual survey of the UK housebuilding sector, giving an insight to developer’s views on the outlook for the new homes industry.
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