The Fight for the Soul of the Planner
This contribution is not written with any expectation of changing anyone’s mind, but as a final call to arms to…
News & Blog
The Planning White Paper, an opportunity for real change?
The country is facing housing, health and climate crises. The recently published report, Health Equity in England: the Marmot Review…
Staying indoors during COVID-19: why the quality of our homes matters more than ever
TCPA Projects Assistant Koen Rutten reflects on the renewed importance of safe and supportive homes during the COVID-19 crisis. With…
Lifting the lockdown: Clean air and safer, more accessible green space must become the new normal in a post-lockdown world
The Covid-19 pandemic has forced extreme changes to way in which we live our lives. These are undoubtedly unprecedented times…
TCPA Writes to Prime Minister Ahead of Planning White Paper
17-02-20 – Fiona Howie, chief-executive of the TCPA, has written to the Prime Minister ahead of the Government’s much-anticipated White…
Vlog: What’s left of the British Utopian Tradition
https://youtu.be/MOQATnT2920
Press release: TCPA responds to the publication of Living with Beauty
30-01-20 – The Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission has today (Thursday) published its final report, Living with beauty: promoting health,…
Press release: TCPA responds to 2019 general election result
Fiona Howie, Chief Executive of the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA), said: “As the Conservative manifesto recognised, we have…
Press release: London councils not doing enough to tackle poverty and inequality
13 -11-19 – Many London councils are failing to develop planning policies that go far enough to challenge poverty and…
Press release: Planning system failing people in greatest need, report finds
11-10-18 — Councils in the most deprived areas of England are meeting only a fraction of their requirements for affordable…
Press release: Expansion of permitted development is a threat to vulnerable people
30-10-2018 – The Town and Country Planning Association has warned that the government’s planned expansion of permitted development will deprive…
Press release: Raynsford Review of Planning final report published
This is the press release for the Raynsford Review of Planning final report. If you were looking for the Raynsford…
Press release: TCPA responds to government's £9m fund for vertical housing extensions
30-01-19 — The TCPA is concerned about the hidden impacts of the government’s funding for new homes to be built above existing properties.The…
