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Objectively speaking. 12 months of applying the NPPF to housing targets in Local Plans: A review of examinations
Posted on: 10 April 2013
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This report presents the results of a study carried out by Nathaniel Lichfield and Partners which reviewed all the Local Plans (outside London) that have been formally submitted or examined since March 2012, recording the outcome of the examination and benchmarking its housing target (both that originally proposed and that found sound, if different). The study concludes that localism is not leading to cuts in housing targets in Local Plans, but this is because the provisions of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) are being applied by Inspectors.
Transportation in Indian cities
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Henrik Valeur, an architect-urbanist in Copenhagen, has written three articles on transport issues in Indian cities. The first looks at health problems caused by motorised transportation in India’s cities; the second reports on a visit to Bangalore to see how researchers at the Indian Institute of Science are integrating bicycle sharing and electric vehicles on campus, a potential prototype for urban transit systems across India’s cities; and a third looks at plans to create a car-free neighbourhood in Chandigarh.. See the end of the article for links to other two articles.
Protecting social housing assets in a more diverse sector: a discussion paper on principles for amending the regulatory framework for social housing in England
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The Government has published a consultation document which considers the rationale for changing the Regulatory Framework in the light of new risks facing the social housing sector, and in particular diversification both in terms of the activities that providers undertake and their constitutional form. It also summarises the options for change. Comments are requested by 4 June 2013.
Cities: the new green entrepreneurs
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Inside Track is the occasional journal of Green Alliance. It provides a platform for views on environmental politics, with updates and news on Green Alliance’s work. Issue 32 (Spring 2013) focuses on the new leadership UK cities are providing to develop a more sustainable, greener economy.
Shelter Housing Insights for Communities
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The Shelter Housing Insights for Communities resource is aimed at anyone involved in community consultation on housing development. Built using ACORN and extensive bespoke national surveys on housing attitudes, this resource is a unique insight into the housing views and aspirations of local communities; providing advice on cost-effective and targeted consultation.
Community Infrastructure Levy
Posted on: 8 April 2013
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The Planning Advisory Service has published the following case studies with regard the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL).
Setting the bar- developing and adopting a CIL
Outlines the experiences of authorities that have developed their CIL highlighting what was important to them, including early Councillor involvement.
On your marks, get set, go! Implementing the CIL
Focuses on the importance of preparing your CIL early and recognising that this is a corporate project that will involve others in additional work.
Decisions decisions
Governance and spending the CIL It is early days for most CIL authorities but CIL represents a new opportunity for governance and partnership working. Find out about the work done so far by the front runner authorities.
From aspirations to action: How adopted local plans can help
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The Planning Advisory Service publishes case studies about how local authorities are taking forward their local development frameworks. The latest case study looks at the benefits of having a local plan in place.
The rise of the South: human progress in a diverse world
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Since 1990, the UN’s Human Development Reports (HDR) have attempted to go beyond simple ‘blunt’ measures of progress and development, such as income, favouring instead measures that assess people’s long-term well-being, particularly of those living in the global south. The latest report is concerned with the extraordinary growth taking place in the leading economies of the global south, the impact this growth is having and what this means for the future. It is thus primarily dealing with the economic, social and political global situation and makes no direct attempt to deal with the questions of the future ecological sustainability of the phenomenon of the Rise of the South.
CEEQUAL Sustainability Assessment and Awards Scheme 2013
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CEEQUAL is the evidence-based Sustainability Assessment and Awards Scheme for civil engineering, infrastructure, landscaping and the public realm, and celebrates the achievement of high environmental and social performance. CEEQUAL’s Outstanding Achievement Awards were presented on 11 March 2013. The Outstanding Achievement Awards acknowledge projects or contracts that have demonstrated pinnacle best-practice performance in any of the twelve sections or sub-sections of their CEEQUAL Assessment. Details of winners, and highly commended, are available under the following sections: Project and contract management; Land use; Landscape; Ecology and biodiversity; Historic environment; Water resources and the water environment; Energy and carbon; material use; Waste management; Transport; Effects on neighbours; Relations with local community and other stakeholders.
How to improve engagement between landlords and occupiers
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In this video, Justin Snoxall, head of the business group at British Land and chairman of the Better Buildings Partnership’s Green Building Management Working Group, suggests some tips on how to successfully open up the lines of communication between landlord and occupiers.
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