From slums to homes – the story of the Campaign for Healthy Homes
Windowless. Damp. Mouldy. Noisy. Cramped. Inaccessible. Unaffordable. Isolated. Insecure. This
Planning Reform
The TCPA believes that democratic planning is a vital tool for securing socially just and sustainable outcomes in an era defined by the housing, health, nature and climate crisis. Planning is not a blocker; in fact, the planning system consistently approves more planning consents for homes than the private sector can deliver.
Campaign for Healthy Homes
The Campaign for Healthy Homes aimed to transform the way that the built environment is regulated to ensure that all
The Chapter 21 Campaign
As the consultation comes to end on a new plan for England, it’s time to put the creative voice of communities back
The end of zero carbon homes
Today, 24 February, a group of over 60 local authorities, businesses and NGOs are calling
New statement of purpose and ethical code to ‘restore confidence in planning’
What does it mean to make good places in modern Britain? Today the Town and Country Planning
Planning for public good or private interests?
Jeanette Aves shares reflections on the workshop: Planning is dead. Long live planning. Renewing the Purpose of
A new purpose for planning
On 26 January 2026, the TCPA and a group of academics at the University of Sheffield convened a
Can we see the woods from the Concrete?
The second of two blogs on planning for nature recovery reflects on the gap between the policy rhetoric and the
Has planning for nature got lost in the woods?
Read the second blog in this series: Can we see the woods from the concrete? Efforts to ensure that planning systems in
National planning rules must prioritise healthy homes and neighbourhoods
TCPA Parliamentary Briefing (February 2026) The TCPA is concerned that the draft National Planning Policy Framework
A policy gap at the heart of planning reform: where did health inequalities go?
The draft National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) released in December 2025 is being sold
Ignoring flood risk and the end of net zero homes
The proposed NPPF contains tangible regression on climate policy The greatest test of the draft NPPF is its ability to
