Blogs

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

Andrew Shipley writes about the need for more accessible housing as part of our Healthy Homes Act blog series. Read more

Blog: The housing and climate crises can be tackled together

Brighton MP Caroline Lucas writes about the importance of creating homes fit for a climate emergency. Read more

Blog: The importance of liveable spaces

Julia Parks, head of research at Levitt Bernstein, makes a case for mandatory space standards on all new housing. Read more

Blog: The rise and fall of housing standards

Author and historian John Boughton charts the history of social housing as part of our Healthy Homes Act blogs series. Read more

Blog: Forgotten England

Former TCPA chair Peter Hetherington writes about the long road to regional equality in England. Read more

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

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TCPA Annual Conference - 'Facing the Future' - the implications for planning our places

The TCPA’s 2019 annual conference will focus on the implications of future change for planners and those involved in creating our environment.

Housing for a fairer society: the role of councils in ensuring stronger communities

This report considers the barriers to councils building more high-quality, affordable housing, making ten recommendations for government reform.

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

Andrew Shipley writes about the need for more accessible housing as part of our Healthy Homes Act blog series.

Press release: Councils warn that permitted development a risk to health and wellbeing

Councils across England are warning that homes created using permitted development rights are a potential threat to people’s health and wellbeing.

The Raynsford Review of Planning

Rt Hon Nick Raynsford's landmark review of the English planning system, commissioned by the TCPA.

Garden City Principles

The Garden City Principles are a distillation of the key elements that have made the Garden City model of development so successful, articulated for a 21st century context.

Guidance for delivering new Garden Cities

Guidance for creating 21st Century Garden Cities.

The Journal of the Town and Country Planning Association

The TCPA's Reuniting Health with Planning initiative has four strands: capacity building, guidance, research and raising awareness. It has resulted in a number of publications in the form of planning guidance, reports and special-edition journals of Town & Country Planning.