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Fair housing: London cost of living report
Posted on: 30 January 2014
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This report, written by Tom Copley, Labour London Assembly member, calls for the mayor to establish London Housing Corporation to work with councils, housing associations and private developers to build truly mixed communities and learn from the mistakes of the mass mono-tenure estates of the 60s and 70s.
Inbound Tourism Trends Quarterly: January 2014
Posted on: 30 January 2014
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This report from VisitBritain provides data for the last five years showing changes in journey purpose, number of visits broken down by source markets and areas of Britain visited. The report includes commentary on connectivity and economic factors underpinning the latest trends.
City health check: How design can save lives and money
Posted on: 30 January 2014
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The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has published new research exploring the link between the quality of public spaces and our health and wellbeing. It explores the important role that design can play in combating the most pressing public health problems of the 21 st Century whilst at the same time delivering savings for the NHS. The report looks at London and England’s eight Core Cities (Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham and Sheffield), examining three major health problems and comparing the amount of green and public space available.
A coastal concordat for England
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The coastal concordat sets out key principles for coordinating the consenting process for coastal development in England.
Universal Credit and rented housing
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This document explains what Universal Credit means for landlords and tenants.
Review of local authorities’ role in housing supply
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The Government has launched a review into the role that local authorities can play in housing supply. The aim of the review is to: explore the role that local authorities could play in increasing the supply of housing; consider whether councils are playing a proactive role in building homes for local people; and examine how they are using their new freedoms under Housing Revenue Account self-financing to increase housebuilding. A report will be presented to Government by the end of 2014.
10 failed utopian cities that influenced the future
Posted on: 30 January 2014
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Some of the most famous cities in history were never built. These 10 Utopian cities may have been failures, but they expressed our ideas about what the future of human civilization could look like. And many ideas contained in them continue to influence us today.
Efficient roofs for efficient buildings: Building blocks for energy efficient cities in India
Posted on: 30 January 2014
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The author of this blog works on climate change focusing on cities and energy efficiency in India.
Planning positively through partnership
Posted on: 30 January 2014
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The planning system is vital for shaping the future growth of our society. Where it works well, it is one of the best tools that we have to unlock economic growth and to deliver the homes and jobs that are needed in our towns and cities. However, for this to happen developers, councils and local communities must work together to create effective partnerships, and do this as early as they can in the planning process, before the planning application is submitted. This publication brings together case studies that highlight the huge breadth of effective partnership working that is now taking place, from small residential sites to large inner-city regeneration schemes.
10 commitments for effective pre-application engagement
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Pre-application engagement should lead to high quality and appropriate development schemes being granted planning permission more quickly. Early, collaborative discussions between developers, public sector agencies and the communities affected by a new development can help to shape better quality, more accepted schemes and ensure improved outcomes for the community. Representatives of all those groups most involved in these discussions have come together to agree a set of commitments that all the sponsors have committed to. These commitments set out the positive spirit that should be embodied in pre-application engagement and the arrangements that should make early exchanging information and advice better value for all.
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