Central government knows best.
Hugh Ellis, Director of Policy. The government has published the details of how it intends to implement the new national scheme of delegation…
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TCPA response: New Towns draft programme
Responding to the publication of the consultation on the New Towns Draft Programme, the Chief Executive of the Town & Country…
Announcing the TCPA’s Summer Conference 2026: Strategic Planning and Inclusive Growth
As the English Devolution Bill reaches its final report stage in the House of Lords this week, the TCPA is…
From slums to homes – the story of the Campaign for Healthy Homes
Windowless. Damp. Mouldy. Noisy. Cramped. Inaccessible. Unaffordable. Isolated. Insecure. This is ‘home’ for too many. This is the housing crisis in England. For eight years,…
The Chapter 21 Campaign
As the consultation comes to end on a new plan for England, it’s time to put the creative voice of…
The end of zero carbon homes
Today, 24 February, a group of over 60 local authorities, businesses and NGOs are calling on the government to scrap plans that could spell…
New statement of purpose and ethical code to ‘restore confidence in planning’
What does it mean to make good places in modern Britain? Today the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) in partnership with academics at the University of…
Planning for public good or private interests?
Jeanette Aves shares reflections on the workshop: Planning is dead. Long live planning. Renewing the Purpose of Planning At the…
Can we see the woods from the Concrete?
The second of two blogs on planning for nature recovery reflects on the gap between the policy rhetoric and the…
Has planning for nature got lost in the woods?
Read the second blog in this series: Can we see the woods from the concrete? Efforts to ensure that planning…
A policy gap at the heart of planning reform: where did health inequalities go?
The draft National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) released in December 2025 is being sold as a simplification. However, in practice it is a major re-set…
Bridging public health and planning: the case for ‘hybrid’ healthy places roles
Dr Thomas Mills, Senior Public Health Research Fellow – PHIRST South Bank If we’re serious about creating healthier places, we…
