Lost Community Voices
This blog by Nick Raynsford kicks off a series of blogs that reflect on the ongoing challenge of building public…
This blog by Nick Raynsford kicks off a series of blogs that reflect on the ongoing challenge of building public…
For Immediate Release: Fiona Howie, Chief-Executive of the TCPA, has responded to the launch of the Building Beautiful Places plan,…
The Westminster Government has today confirmed plans to further deregulate the planning system by proceeding with proposals to allow commercial…
Public trust is a powerful concept, that’s beset with fuzziness and contradiction. We instinctively know if we trust a person,…
To rebuild trust, we need to make the conversation about housing targets more accessible and be honest with people –…
The TCPA has always been committed to a democratic planning system which reflects the rights of communities to shape their…
The government’s Planning Bill is expected to offer an al a carte menu, but if it takes forward the proposals…
People are drawn to old buildings. They provide meaningful connections to the past, add character to our streets, and make…
It is 21 months since an application from Miller Homes was put forward to build on Sheep Ings Farm field…
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us all to reflect on the benefits and shortcomings of our homes and neighbourhoods, and on…
For Immediate Release: ‘we need the built environment to support communities to thrive’ says TCPA In response to the inclusion…
In an unprecedented joint-submission, a coalition of environmental and social charities and NGOs are demanding much greater action from government…
Please help us save the most hopeful building in Britain! The Church of St Andrews, Barrow Hill in Derbyshire will…
The Town & Country Planning Association (TCPA) has called for a new philosophy of planning based on ‘civic art’ to…
As we hit the end of the Planning White Paper consultation who is listening and what needs to happen next? …
The TCPA has produced many blogs over the last six months about why the Government’s planning reform agenda is taking…
After a year of living with the Covid-19 pandemic, many of us have been forced to reconsider the way we…
The TCPA and Flood Re have written to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government regarding our…
The TCPA’s recent publication of the ‘Forgotten Pioneers: Celebrating the women of the Garden City movement’ forms part of a…
The Town & Country Planning Association (TCPA) is calling on Government to plan strategically for new zero carbon communities. Despite…
In December 2020, the Place team at the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) published Delivering design value: the…
What the Town and Country Planning Association does is important. As you would expect, I am a firm believer in…
Let’s celebrate with two tea bags and a slice of practical hope Today, 29th January, would have been Ebenezer Howard’s…
The TCPA has offered an initial response to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s proposed changes to the…
Town planning support service Planning Aid for London (PAL) has launched an online planning library to help members of the…
Our society is facing a series of major crises related to the ways we use and develop land. The coronavirus…
The social contract at the heart of planning is being broken: People and business will be the losers. The very…
While the COVID-19 pandemic is undoubtedly a crisis, we are still in the throes of another – the climate crisis. Climate…
Following the end of the consultation of the Planning White Paper, the Government has now published a consultation on ‘more immediate…
The history of the Town and Country Planning Association is in essence a history of town planning in the UK…
Fiona Howie, Chief Executive of the Town and Country Planning Association has responded to the Prime Minister’s ‘Ten Point Plan…
For planners that can remember when regional or strategic planning was a fundamental part of local authority practice, and witnessed…
The reforms to England’s planning system proposed in the ‘Planning for the Future’ White Paper provide no assurances that many…
New survey of young adults in the UK shows: 89%1 have never been asked their opinion about the future of…
Yesterday evening (Wednesday 17 January) marked the launch of a new All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) which has been…
TCPA Projects Assistant Cova Cervilla Bordiu shares her thoughts on the TCPA’s recent seminar series for councils on ‘Understanding the…