EU renewable energy and planning project

Latest

Press Release: Government announces strategy for new generation of garden communities

The Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) has welcomed the government’s recommitment to the Garden City Principles in the revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).
Could you lead the TCPA?

As the TCPA begins the search for a new chief executive, our chair Mary Parsons invites applications from those who can help the TCPA carry forward its timeless vision.
Research on the links between Local Plans and health

TCPA intern Manon Royer looks at the links between local plans and health.
Press release: APPG calls on Government to put New Towns centre stage in Budget

The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on New Towns, of which the TCPA is a member, has written to the Chancellor with three key asks of the 2018 Autumn Budget:

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 the climate challenge

A 2016 study into climate change implementation in local spatial plans in England
A crisis of place

A crisis of place - Are we delivering sustainable development through local plans?
Planning and climate change coalition

The PCCC works to ensure that the planning system makes a full contribution to meeting the climate change challenge.
Renewable energy

Government must listen to concerns of local government to secure affordable housing

New research by the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) highlights concerns raised by councils about the draft revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and the delivery of affordable housing Read more