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Right to Build: supporting custom and self build
Posted on: 24 October 2014
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The Government has published details of plans for a new Right to Build across England, so that anyone who wants to build their own home will be able to turn to their council for help in finding a suitable plot of land. The consultation seeks views from local planning authorities, the custom build sector and prospective custom builders about what they would like to see from the Right to Build. It looks at: the local demand for custom build; meeting demand on the register with available land; and how the Right to Build will work within the existing planning framework. Comments are requested by 18 December 2014.
Linking London: a new generation of river crossings to revitalize the East Thames
Posted on: 23 October 2014
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This is the final report of the Commission on East Thames Crossings, established by the Centre for London, with the aims to develop a set of politically and financially robust proposals to deliver a step change in crossing capacity on the East Thames.
Stopping Heathrow Airport expansion (for now): Lessons from a victory for the politics of sufficiency
Posted on: 22 October 2014
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A politics of sufficiency challenges the relentless expansion of production and consumption. It faces daunting obstacles in contemporary societies where macro-economic growth has come to be seen as imperative. However, when defined more narrowly, as a challenge to the growth of particular forms of economic activity, ideas of sufficiency have made some limited inroads. One significant example is the Conservative-led government’s cancellation of the planned third runway at Heathrow airport in Britain. This represented a major victory for environmentalists and others who argued that aviation growth conflicted with Britain’s carbon-reduction targets. The case sheds light on the conditions in which sufficiency-based policies can prevail today, notably through linkages with core political imperatives faced by states and political actors. In this case, a sufficiency approach became linked to the legitimacy needs of the Conservative Party at a key moment, while campaigners succeeded in casting doubt on claims that Heathrow expansion was economically imperative. This article appears in the latest issue of the Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning (Vol.16 Issue 4, 2014).
Fragility and recovery: housing, localities and uneven spatial development in the UK
Posted on: 22 October 2014
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Uneven spatial development has long been a characteristic feature of the economic and social fabric of the UK. The north–south divide has become something of a hegemonic narrative in the UK and this has served to mask an ‘archipelago’ of variegated spatial development in housing and locality conditions at sub-national and sub-regional scales. This paper explores the changing nature of sub-regional housing and locality conditions across the UK and evidence is found of significant spatial variation in the way that places responded to the effects of the most recent economic recession. It is available in the latest issue of Regional Studies (Vol.48 Issue 11, 2014).
The role of planning in preventing major-accident hazards involving hazardous substances
Posted on: 21 October 2014
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The Government has published a consultation document which seeks views on its proposals to transpose the requirements of the Seveso III directive. These affect the way hazardous substances consents operate, and the way in which the planning system reduces the likelihood and impact of major accidents. The government is also seeking views on proposals to improve the regulatory framework on planning for hazardous substances. Comments are requested by 11 December 2014.
Tall buildings: Advice on plan-making, submitting, assessing and deciding planning proposals
Posted on: 21 October 2014
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English Heritage and Design Council have published a revised version of their 2007 guidance on tall buildings for consultation. Comments are requested by 30 November 2014 with the final version scheduled to be issued in early 2015.
Rebuilding Britain – is it fact or fiction?
Posted on: 17 October 2014
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This provides a brief review of a recently published book, Rebuilding Britain: Planning for a better future, which aims to dissect some of the most common issues that face modern Britain in its social journey into an unsure future.
National Planning Policy for Waste
Posted on: 16 October 2014
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This document sets out detailed waste planning policies. It should be read in conjunction with the National Planning Policy Framework, the National Waste Management Plan for England and national policy statements for waste water and hazardous waste, or any successor documents. All local planning authorities should have regard to its policies when discharging their responsibilities to the extent that they are appropriate to waste management.
Responding to tough times: Policy and planning strategies in shrinking cities
Posted on: 16 October 2014
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The purpose of this special issue of the journal European Planning Studies is to study policy and planning strategies in shrinking cities in Europe. The contributions conceptualize different ways in which shrinking cities have responded to tough times and population losses in a number of ways. The term “shrinking city” refers here to a densely populated urban area with a minimum population of 10,000 residents that has faced population losses in large parts for more than 2 years and is undergoing economic transformations with some symptoms of a structural crisis.
Interactive analysis, simulation and visualization tools for urban agile policy implementation
Posted on: 16 October 2014
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The urbanAPI – Information and Communication Technology (ICT) project aims to provide urban planners with the tools needed to actively analyse, plan and manage the urban environment.
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