The battle for Healthy Homes continues
The Lords report stage of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill process has drawn to a close and the Bill will now return to…
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New Coastal Planning training launched
Two new courses have been added to the flood risk e-learning platform Planning is a vital tool for promoting resilience…
Review of Homes England’s Healthy Homes Standard: Our homes are not islands
The Government has published a set of design requirements and guidance in a new Healthy Homes Standard (HHS), to be used by Homes England and its…
Select committee reports on Land Value Capture and New Towns informed by TCPA evidence
The TCPA welcomes reports published in the last week by the House of Lords Built Environment Select Committee following their inquiry into…
Planning for climate change in new communities
Lachlan Anderson-Frank shares a recap of our webinar that explored the practical realities of addressing climate impact and mitigation in large-scale new…
A fourth generation of New Towns – focusing on delivery
John Walker is the former chief executive of the Commission for New Towns in the 1990s and deputy general manager…
Response to Environmental Audit Committee report on flood resilience
The Environmental Audit Committee’s report into Flood Resilience in England paints a stark picture of an overly complex, weak and…
Creating healthy places requires breaking down traditional silos between sectors
Creating healthy places requires breaking down traditional silos between sectors. This was the clear message from participants at the Health…
New Towns: Time to trust the process?
On Sunday 28 September the Government published its initial response to the work of the New Towns Taskforce. The Final…
Six lessons from researching child-friendly places
In this guest blog, Dr Jenny Wood and Anna Gaffney from A Place in Childhood share six lessons they’ve learnt…
TCPA response to New Towns Taskforce report
Responding to the New Towns publications today, the chief executive of the Town and Country Planning Association, Fiona Howie, said:…
Weakening flood risk policy in a climate crisis is a risky gamble with public safety
Hugh Ellis, Director of Policy and Celia Davis, Senior Projects and Policy Manager at the TCPA The planning system is…
