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Lost Community Voices

This blog by Nick Raynsford kicks off a series of blogs that reflect on the ongoing challenge of building public…

Guest blog
Nick Raynsford

Change can rebuild trust with communities

Public trust is a powerful concept, that’s beset with fuzziness and contradiction.  We instinctively know if we trust a person,…

Guest blog
Ben Lowndes

Rebuilding trust with honesty

To rebuild trust, we need to make the conversation about housing targets more accessible and be honest with people –…

Guest blog
Ian Harvey

The question of public trust: blogs

The TCPA has always been committed to a democratic planning system which reflects the rights of communities to shape their…

Guest blog
Ian Harvey

Fairness in Planning?

It is 21 months since an application from Miller Homes was put forward to build on Sheep Ings Farm field…

Guest blog
Cheryl Tyler

TCPA Responds to Queen's Speech

For Immediate Release: ‘we need the built environment to support communities to thrive’ says TCPA In response to the inclusion…

News
TCPA

Last chance for action on climate change

In an unprecedented joint-submission, a coalition of environmental and social charities and NGOs are demanding much greater action from government…

News
TCPA

Rebuilding Trust?

As we hit the end of the Planning White Paper consultation who is listening and what needs to happen next? …

Blog
Hugh Ellis

Last chance to unite on climate action

The TCPA has produced many blogs over the last six months about why the Government’s planning reform agenda is taking…

Blog
Hugh Ellis

TCPA writes to MHCLG over NPPF concerns

The TCPA and Flood Re have written to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government regarding our…

News
TCPA

Finding the Forgotten Pioneers

The TCPA’s recent publication of the ‘Forgotten Pioneers: Celebrating the women of the Garden City movement’ forms part of a…

Blog
Cova Cervilla Bordiu

Government must plan for zero-carbon new communities

The Town & Country Planning Association (TCPA) is calling on Government to plan strategically for new zero carbon communities. Despite…

News
TCPA

Happy Birthday Ebenezer!

Let’s celebrate with two tea bags and a slice of practical hope Today, 29th January, would have been Ebenezer Howard’s…

Blog
Katy Lock

From the wrong questions to the right answers

Our society is facing a series of major crises related to the ways we use and develop land. The coronavirus…

Guest blog
TCPA

The end of the affair

The social contract at the heart of planning is being broken: People and business will be the losers. The very…

Blog
Hugh Ellis

The science and art of strategic planning

For planners that can remember when regional or strategic planning was a fundamental part of local authority practice, and witnessed…

Blog
Dr. Peter Geraghty

‘A problem shared is a problem half-solved’

TCPA Projects Assistant Cova Cervilla Bordiu shares her thoughts on the TCPA’s recent seminar series for councils on ‘Understanding the…

Blog
Cova Cervilla Bordiu