Unleashing the potential of ‘held back’ places
TCPA Vice President Peter Hetherington describes the challenges faced by 'held back' areas. If not Levelling Up, what
Planning Reform
New Communities Group Webinar: Briefing on planning reforms and the NPPF
From the changes to housing needs forecasting, and a new structure for development plans, to new powers for Development
Healthy Homes campaign parliamentary briefing and drinks reception
Lord Nigel Crisp and the Town and Country Planning Association are delighted to invite you to a policy briefing and
After the Truss party hangover, the cold reality of the Levelling Up Bill
Surrealism, like satire, only works if there is an orthodox reality to react against. The problem we face in plotting
TCPA Responds to Prime Minister’s speech at CPC 2022
TCPA Chief Executive Fiona Howie has responded to the Prime Minister Liz Truss’ speech at Conservative Party
The Levelling Up Bill: Silencing the voices of local people?
The Levelling up and Regeneration Bill will end its committee stage in the House of Commons in late October. With
TCPA Annual Conference 2022: Unpicking ‘levelling up’: what does it mean for place-making?
The Westminster Government published the Levelling Up White Paper in February 2022, arguing that levelling up is a
An introduction to planning reform for elected councillors
Chaired by Gilian Macinnes, TCPA Trustee and independent planning consultant, and facilitated by Hugh Ellis, the
How to fix the planning provisions of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill
The Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, which will have its Second Reading in the House of Commons on Wednesday 8 June,
Rising to the climate change challenge: The role of housing and planning within local councils
A report by the Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE), researched and written by the Town and Country
An introduction to planning reform for elected councillors
Chaired by Anna Rose, TCPA Trustee and Head of the Planning Advisory Service and facilitated by Hugh Ellis, TCPA
The Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill: a decisive shift of power to Whitehall.
The publication of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill[1] finally allows us to take stock of what English planning
