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Government response to consultations on planning
Posted on: 5 November 2014
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The Government has published its response to two proposals from a range designed to improve the planning system. The responses concerned the procedural detail of the deemed discharge of planning conditions measure and changes to Development Consent Orders.
Re-constructing Sarajevo: Negotiating socio-political complexity
Posted on: 4 November 2014
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Together with local academic and institutional partners, the London School of Economics Cities Programme co-ordinated a research orientated fieldtrip to Sarajevo. Learning from a multidisciplinary cohort of speakers, the discourse stretched across themes from history and politics, to architecture, urban planning and migration. This knowledge exchange, shared between a group of LSE master students and University of Sarajevo PhD candidates, offered a mirror to reflect on the city’s challenges and opportunities in the aftermath of twentieth century socialism and war. Further confronted by intensifying changes in global economic trends, its political, social and spatial conditions constitute a future of uncertainty in the practice of city-making today. In bringing to light a city that is both investing and reflecting on the long-term impacts of urban transformation, the publication hopes to contribute to improving an understanding of the contested urban reality brought about by profound socio-political complexity. The publication reconstructs in academic essays, written dialogues and urban design proposals how the city has evolved over time, across different powers, cultures, influences and points of collision, while recognising how they are beginning to metamorphosize in the current age.
Brownfield Local Development Order principles
Posted on: 4 November 2014
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A statement from the Smart Growth UK coalition, which includes the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), Civic Voice and the Campaign for Better Transport, calls for “strong minimum design standards” for the development of new housing zones.
Urban planning blogs
Posted on: 4 November 2014
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A listing of urban planning blogs.
Evaluating the water quality benefits of land management change
Posted on: 29 October 2014
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Provides evidence to show how integrated land management change can contribute to reducing local flood risk while improving ecosystem services within a catchment.
Shaping neighbourhoods. Accessible London: Achieving an inclusive environment
Posted on: 29 October 2014
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This Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) provides guidance on the implementation of London Plan Policy 7.2 An inclusive environment and of other policies in the Plan with specific reference to inclusive design. It also provides guidance on Lifetime Neighbourhoods to support London Plan Policy 7.1 Building London’s neighbourhoods and communities.
Community Infrastructure Levy and Planning Obligations
Posted on: 28 October 2014
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In April 2015 restrictions will come into place on the pooling of planning obligations. For the latest advice the Planning Advisory Service has created a series of six documents which it strongly suggest you read if you’re involved with Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) and developer contributions. Slideshare presentations are also available.
Good Plan Making Guide
Posted on: 28 October 2014
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The Planning Advisory Service has been helping local authorities with their plan-making, sometimes working in partnership with the Planning Inspectorate. Based on this experience, this Guide identifies key principles for successful plan making and highlights some of the core tasks that will need to be undertaken to develop your local plan. The principles can be read section by section or read/downloaded in their entirety.
The Planning Inspectorate Framework Document
Posted on: 27 October 2014
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The Framework Document sets out the formal relationship between the Department for Communities and Local Government and the Welsh Government, and the Planning Inspectorate.
Compact and connected communities improve public health
Posted on: 27 October 2014
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We know from exhaustive past research that walkable neighborhoods and cities reduce driving, associated emissions, and living costs. This blog considers how three important academic studies published earlier this year demonstrate that they are good for our health, too.
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