Blogs

How to Plan for Social Justice

Blog: We must share the uplift in land values to build better homes and local infrastructure

Blog: In support of the Healthy Homes Bill

Blog: Improving peace at quiet at home with sound acoustic design

Blog: Shouldn’t we get the homes we need, not just what we’re given?

Blog: The housing and climate crises can be tackled together

Blog: The importance of liveable spaces

Blog: The rise and fall of housing standards

Lifting the curtain on PDR

Projects and policy manager Henry Smith explains the hidden costs of permitted development rights. Read more

Will the new policy framework deliver homes for those in the greatest need?

Will recent government policy have a significant impact on the delivery of genuinely affordable homes? Read more

Research on the links between Local Plans and health

TCPA intern Manon Royer looks at the links between local plans and health. Read more

New route for 'locally-led' New Towns agreed in Parliament

Government calls on 'locally-led' New Towns to adopt Garden City Principles

Evolution or revolution? Has the government caught up on current practice since the 2016 Childhood Obesity Plan?

TCPA projects and policy manager Michael Chang gives his thoughts on the government's Childhood Obesity Plan. Read more

Locally led New Towns Act guidance must set high standards

If the locally led New Town Development Corporations are to be successful, then the supporting guidance must meet key tests for people, quality, stewardship and finance, all within a national policy framework enabling authorities to deliver Read more