“It is just as important to address the inequality within regions as it is between regions, as this is where rural disadvantage is rife.” .… Read More »Levelling up rural: how to fairly allocate government funding

“The government’s ambition is that every council will produce a local design code and guide which it claims will give residents have a “real say”… Read More »Better design, better planning, better places

“Conservationists are working hard to reverse the long-term deforestation of Britain.” “Deforestation Free Nation” . Where should we be planting trees? In terms of climate… Read More »How to help prevent deforestation

… the first 3D-printed construction of a fully natural, recyclable, and carbon-neutral material: raw earth. . There are all sorts of natural materials better suited… Read More »Dig then print your own house

Stirling Prize-winning architects behind “exemplar” application. Councillors were getting “absolute earache” from residents but sometimes the council had to “grasp the bullet”. . A District… Read More »Affordable Passivhaus in Somerset

Meanwhile, the business rates holiday is to be extended. . The government has committed itself to an overhaul of the business rates system – but… Read More »A ‘fundamental review’ of business rates promised, but delayed

… as destination points. “We need planners and local authorities to recognise the importance of the hospitality and nightlife sector on the regeneration of our… Read More »Reinventing the high street – repurposing empty retail stores

“Trees improve our urban spaces, making them better places to live.” . The council at the city of Sheffield didn’t seem to like trees on… Read More »Planting trees on our streets

“A new national mood with 66 percent of adults worried by the state of the planet, climate change and the decline of wildlife and nature.”… Read More »Mainstream media going green

“There will be objections to this idea from some environmental groups, but the crucial point they must consider is that this would be a truly… Read More »Bluefin tuna and ‘sport fishing’ in the West Country

“A broad range of housing, planning, transport, environmental, heritage, built environment and public health organisations have come together to set out a shared vision for… Read More »A vision for planning: a challenge

There is “a new breed of stoves for smoke control areas that will protect us from killer pollution.” . There’s concern that ‘trendy’ wood-burning stoves are… Read More »How smokeless are wood-burning stoves?

Presenting a framework for analysing the Sidmouth Beach Management Plan’s Aims & Objectives The next meeting of the BMP Advisory Group on 25th February will… Read More »Beach Managment Plan: an analysis for the next meeting

The scheme offers to fund up to two-thirds of the cost of installing insulation, heat pumps and draught-proofing. “Removing the money would be an alarming… Read More »Green Homes Grant: apply before it runs out

… contradictions, alternatives and trying to square the circle . HS2: It’s all steam ahead for one of the UK’s biggest infrastructure projects: HS2 gets… Read More »The true costs of infrastructure