Policies

The Healthy Homes Act

The TCPA has launched a campaign for new legislation which would improve quality, safety and placemaking standards for new homes. Read more

Building for the future: the role of county councils in meeting housing need

This report considers the important role counties and unitary authorities must play in helping to solve the housing crisis. Read more

Latest

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.

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.

Press release: TCPA comments on Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission report

TCPA comments on the Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission's interim report.

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.

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.