A fourth generation of New Towns – focusing on delivery
John Walker is the former chief executive of the Commission for New Towns in the 1990s and deputy general manager of
new towns
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
TCPA response to New Towns Taskforce report
Responding to the New Towns publications today, the chief executive of the Town and Country Planning Association, Fiona
Announcing the TCPA’s Annual Conference 2025: The Purpose of Planning
We are pleased to announce the TCPA’s 2025 Annual Conference will focus on the Purpose of Planning. Championing
Osborn Research Assistant (New Towns and Garden Cities)
Do you have a passion for helping to create healthy, sustainable and resilient places that are fair for everyone? We
Learning from Cambridgeshire: Three key strategies at five sites
From green corridors to subsidised car clubs, public art strategies to community living rooms, Jen Aves shares insights
The TCPA is excited to launch our vision for 21st Century New Towns
Our new publication is a prompt to help communities express what they want to see from future new towns Where would you
New Towns glory or Eco Towns dead end?
As the New Towns Taskforce reaches its final conclusions, success will depend on building a public consensus about
New Towns: the need for a strong vision
In the third blog from our series on the next generation of New Towns, Rowan Gilbert explains why there must be a
Paying for a new generation of New Towns – reflections from the past
In the second blog from our series on the next generation of New Towns, Hugh Ellis explores the issue of funding The
A new generation of New Towns – important but not a silver bullet
In the first blog from our series on the next generation of New Towns, Fiona Howie sets out the importance of delivery
The economics of failure
It is a crucial moment for our collective survival. In this blog, first published in the March – April edition of
