Celebrating 70 Years of the New Towns Act
2016 marked the 70th anniversary of the 1946 New Towns Act, and of the designation of the first New Town at
Garden Cities and New Towns
All-Party Parliamentary Group on New Towns
The TCPA is the secretariat for the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on New Towns, which has been set up to
Other guidance for councils and delivery partners
Other guidance for councils and delivery partners Introduction to the Garden City opportunity The Garden City
Understanding Garden Villages
In January 2017 the government announced its support for 14 new ‘garden villages’ – new communities of
Re:Place – Reconnecting Arts & Planning
The Re:Place network was established by the TCPA and Northern Heartlands in 2019 and aims to be a space for all
Case studies
In March 2020 TCPA launched a project to bring together our work exploring how planning might reconnect with its
TCPA Performance Pieces
Over the past 10 years the TCPA has been exploring its artistic heritage in the context of the Garden City movement and
Two Tea Bags to Utopia
On the 29th January 2021, the 171st anniversary of the birth of our founder Ebenezer Howard, the TCPA
Civic Art: the renewed philosophy of town planning
The conversation between planners and artists has been happening at a low level for years but growing concerns about
