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Cities for growth: Solutions to our planning problems
Posted on: 23 November 2011
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This report from the Policy Exchange think tank sets out two solutions to solve our housing crisis and boost growth. It calls for a more liberal and competitive planning system, and where local people and business agree, new garden cities.
A revised regulatory framework for social housing in England from April 2012
Posted on: 22 November 2011
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The social housing regulator has launched a consultation on plans to change the way it regulates landlords. Once the Tenant Services Authority is abolished in April 2012, its economic regulation and limited consumer regulation will be transferred to the Homes and Communities Agency. The new framework reflects the changes to the regulator’s role outlined in the Localism Act. The regulator’s main role will be the economic regulation of private registered providers, where its top priority will be to ensure that they are financially viable for the long term and that their boards are providing effective direction and oversight. Comments are requested by 10 February 2012.
Laying the foundations: A Housing Strategy for England
Posted on: 22 November 2011
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The Government’s new Housing Strategy sets out a package of reforms to: get the housing market moving again; lay the foundations for a more responsive, effective and stable housing market in the future; support choice and quality for tenants; and improve environmental standards and design quality.
Low carbon design: The power to deliver change. Bristol, 22 November 2011
Posted on: 22 November 2011
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This RIBA event provided an opportunity to consider how we put into practice the latest thinking on sustainability, retrofit and low carbon technology, and the role of architects and built environment professionals in shaping the policy framework in which we work. A brief overview of the issues discussed is outlined in the twitter diary written by RIBA Yorkshire’s Ruth Donnelly.
A new airport for London: Part 2
Posted on: 22 November 2011
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The Mayor of London has warned the Government that the nation faces economic paralysis unless a new hub airport is built in the southeast of England. He has published the second of what will be a series of reports examining why more aviation capacity is needed. The latest report sets out in the greatest detail yet provided why there is an undisputable economic argument that greater aviation capacity is required both by the capital and the whole of the UK.
Integrating multiple facets of river corridor development. Sheffield, 17-18 November 2011
Posted on: 18 November 2011
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The last of the URSULA (Urban River Corridors and Sustainable Living Agendas) conferences provided a forum for the presentation of a wealth of research conducted during the URSULA project. Topics included how the River Don affects Sheffield’s microclimate, how the river could be harnessed to deliver hydropower, the effect of weirs in river ecology, the effect of biodiversity on wellbeing, as well as the approach developed in URSULA to design sustainable urban river corridors. Presentations are available online.
‘Greenspace is good – so prove it!’
Posted on: 18 November 2011
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In this two-year research programme funded by the Big Lottery Fund. greenspace scotland worked with ten community groups to use a Social Return on Investment (SROI) approach to show the social, economic and environmental value of their greenspace activities. SROI is a framework for measuring and accounting for a broad concept of value. SROI focuses on change, measuring outcomes and uses monetary values to represent them. SROI is about value, rather than money. According to the programme report, all of the projects made a positive contribution to their local communities and generated a good return on investment. The individual SROI analyses undertaken covered a wide range of activities including: community growing; diversionary use of greenspace; community engagement; youth volunteering; health walks; and environmental competitions. A report of the findings and key learning points from the programme are available online together with a SROI Guide and related supplements which set out a step by step approach to completing an analysis of social return.
Making energy efficiency your business: understanding the potential of the non-domestic Green Deal
Posted on: 18 November 2011
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Ernst & Young has published a report which highlights the key policy issues facing the non-domestic Green Deal (NDGD) and the potential for incentivising energy efficiency in small and medium sized businesses. Commissioned by British Gas Business, the report finds that the NDGD represents a good start to unlocking the energy efficiency and carbon reduction potential within small and medium sized businesses which have historically lagged behind in this area.
Climate change and the water sector: Integrating adaptation and mitigation in practice. London, 17 November 2011
Posted on: 17 November 2011
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The aim of this conference was to take stock of current thinking on climate change, the developing evidence base on emissions and risks, and in covering both adaptation and mitigation and their inter-relationships, to look at how this thinking is being put into practice in response to the major drivers. Presentations are available online.
A plain English guide to the Localism Bill: Update
Posted on: 17 November 2011
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This document describes the main measures of the Localism Act under four headings: new freedoms and flexibilities for local government; new rights and powers for communities and individuals; reform to make the planning system more democratic and more effective; and reform to ensure that decisions about housing are taken locally.
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