Policies

Joint statement on Garden City principles in the NPPF

Joint statement calling on government not to remove its commitment to the Garden City principles from the NPPFRead more

Briefing on the draft revised National Planning Policy Framework

Building the future: the TCPA's manifesto for the 2017 general election

The TCPA reports on the challenges we face as a nation and what the next government must do to address Britain's housing crisis.Read more

Housing White Paper 2017

Read the TCPA's briefing on the Government's Housing White PaperRead more

The TCPA published a briefing on the Housing and Planning Bill as it went through parliamentary committee stages during 2015-16 calling on the government to support the delivery of beautifully designed, environmentally resilient and socially inclusive new places. The Bill received Royal Assent on 12 May 2016 becoming the Housing and Planning Act.Read more

Latest

Planning for Climate Change

The TCPA and RTPI have come together to produce a guide which helps planners, politicians and communities tackle climate change through the planning system.

Planning for inclusive communities in London

The TCPA has launched a new project to research the effectiveness of planning to deliver inclusive communities in London.

Delivering affordable homes in a changing world

The latest in a series of research collaborations between the TCPA and the Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE) looks at the effectiveness of housing and planning policy from the perspective of UK local authorities.

TCPA Study Tour: Understanding Garden Villages 2018

Join us for this 2-day tour exploring what the original model and garden villages can teach us about long-term stewardship and placemaking in new communities today

The Raynsford Review of Planning

A major review of housing and planning to make the system fairer, better resourced and capable of producing quality outcomes.

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.

Publications

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.