Press releases

Press release: Major planning bodies unite to tackle climate change

Press release on the TCPA and RTPI's guidance document on tackling climate change through planning policy and legislation.Read more

Press release: Former housing minister calls for transformation of English planning

Press release on the Raynsford Review of Planning interim report.Read more

Press release: NPPF fails to deliver for those most in need

The TCPA has responded to the government's draft revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).Read more

TCPA appointed to create guidance for Healthy New Towns

The TCPA has been appointed to support the NHS England in developing practical guidance for the Healthy New Towns programme.Read more

Press release: Updated planning framework is key test of government's commitment to affordable housing

The TCPA are calling on the government to amend their definition of affordable housing and viability testing.Read more

Press release: Government puts quality, design and stewardship at heart of new towns legislation update

Press release: Budget fails to deliver the powers and funding councils need to tackle the housing crisis

The TCPA has released a new report which makes 18 recommendations to government.Read more

Press Release: Growth ambition must be backed by a robust process and commitment to quality

Press release: TCPA responds to Autumn Budget 2017

Press release: TCPA launches review of housing and planning led by former minister Nick Raynsford

The TCPA is launching a review of housing and planning alongside a task force of experts in policy, law, planning practice and public participation.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.