Survey highlights local authorities’ challenges in planning for flood risk
Blog summarising the results of a 2022 survey into flood risk skills and capabilities among local authority officers.
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Salt Cross: a serious error of judgement
Hugh Ellis tackles the decision by PINS to remove critical climate targets from the proposed West Oxfordshire Area Action Plan…
Briefing for House of Lords Committee Stage of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill
The principal rationale for the Healthy Homes amendments (188; 394-399) is to address the absence of any statutory requirements that…
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 will help?
The 20-minute neighbourhood and individual freedom
Blog: why are 20-minute neighbourhoods seen as being in tension with individual freedom? Max Hunter argues that shaping more healthy…
Campaign release: These are Homes photobook
As a part of our Healthy Homes campaign, the TCPA commissioned photographer Rob Clayton to capture some of the realities…
Climate Change should be a central objective of local planning
Local councils can be bold in setting their own, more ambitious climate targets. Later this month, the TCPA and RTPI…
Why Healthy Homes are a priority for insurers
Poor quality housing – affecting both new builds and conversions – is a major cause of claims. In this guest…
Green Infrastructure: delivering for climate, people and nature
Sophie Jones, Communications and Learning Manager at Building with Nature, shows how planners can translate COP27 and COP15 commitments into…
Simply Madness
Don’t let the Cumbrian coal mine disaster define our response to the climate crisisI cannot be alone in feeling a…
Levelling up in practice: Thamesmead
Levelling up is ambitious in scope, and laudable in the aim of reducing inequality, creating opportunity, and increasing prosperity across…
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…
