Welcome to the TCPA
The TCPA occupies a unique position, overlapping with those involved in the development industry, the environmental movement and those concerned with social justice. The Association prides itself on leading-edge, radical thinking and problem-solving.
Our objectives are to:
- Secure a decent, well designed home for everyone, in a human-scale environment combining the best features of town and country
- Empower people and communities to influence decisions that affect them
- Improve the planning system in accordance with the principles of sustainable development
Today, the TCPA and its members are working on the key environmental and social issues which will shape how and where we will live in the 21st century:
- What do the forecasts for household growth mean for our cities and the countryside?
- How can we ensure decent housing for all, and where should it go?
- How can we better engage people in the changes necessary to bring about sustainable development?
- How can we secure strategic and regional planning and development with long-term vision, while at the same time ensuring that the planning system acts and responds more swiftly?
- Integrating sustainable development into planning policy
- Improving public spaces
- Bringing empty homes back into use
- Providing more high quality affordable housing
- Managing land values to benefit the local economy and local people
- Developing innovative means to fund vital infrastructure
- Responding effectively to demographic shifts in the housing and jobs market
- Designing high quality infrastructure to ensure development is sustainable
- Planning for a more stable and sustainable pattern of development
All Trustees, Vice Presidents and Members of the Association's Policy Council can be reached by post at the address detailed on the contacts page.
Trustees: Prof. David Lock CBE (Chair of the TCPA), Anthony Fyson MBE (Vice Ch), Richard Butt (Hon Treas), Lynda Addison, Sir Brian Briscoe, Julie Cowans, John Deegan, Rob Gillespie, Prof Sir Peter Hall (President), Andrew Shipley, Lee Shostak, Pat Thomas OBE (Vice Ch) & John Zetter.
Policy Council: Richard Adam, Philip Allmendinger, Paul Burall, Trevor Cherrett, Richenda Connell, Jane Elliot, Hugh Ellis, Sandra Fryer, Murray Graham, Mike Gwilliam, David Hackforth, Jiggy Lloyd, Prof. Bill Morrison, Kay Powell, Hugh Roberts, Chris Shepley, Martin Simmons, Kathy Stansfield, Ros Ward, Chris Watts, Patricia Willoughby, Ian Wray & Charmaine Young CBE
Policy Council Co-optees: Moira Constable, Andrew Gilg, Nick Green, Ed Harding, Adrian Hewitt, Kelvin Macdonald, Jo Taylor & Polly Turton
Please browse the links above to find out more about our work, or to get involved in our organisation