New Towns and Garden Cities
The TCPA is campaigning for a new generation of New Towns based on modern Garden City Principles. Our campaigns are underpinned by research exploring lessons from the past and present. You can find a selection of key resources below.
The Town and Country Planning Association
For over a hundred years, we have worked to challenge, inspire and support people to create healthy, sustainable and resilient places that are fair for everyone.
Areas of work
The way that places are planned, designed, maintained and regenerated can help or hinder work to tackle health inequalities, climate change, and economic resilience. The TCPA works, therefore, on a wide range of topics: find out more about the work we do by exploring the themes below.
News & Blogs
Creating healthy places requires breaking down traditional silos between sectors
Creating healthy places requires breaking down traditional silos between sectors. This was the clear message from participants at the Health…
New Towns: Time to trust the process?
On Sunday 28 September the Government published its initial response to the work of the New Towns Taskforce. The Final…
Six lessons from researching child-friendly places
In this guest blog, Dr Jenny Wood and Anna Gaffney from A Place in Childhood share six lessons they’ve learnt…
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Become a member
Join the TCPA and support our mission to put social justice back at the heart of planning. Benefits of membership include:
- hard copies of the journal Town & Country Planning
- exclusive access to journals from 2005 to date
- exclusive access to recordings of past webinars and workshops
- discounts on events, training and books
- monthly members email bulletin
