Blogs from Regeneration & Renewal and Planning magazine

Inside the Olympic Park 16 February 2012 16:24:40
What a difference several years, no shortage of political will and hundreds of million...
RGF oddities: some interesting facts about the fund 23 November 2011 13:13:42
In the current issue of Planning , we analyse the cost to the public...
Whatever happened to the Big Society? 04 November 2011 10:39:04
The coalition’s flagship ‘Big Society’ agenda came under fierce attack from delegates at the...

Beatles autograph shows celebrity opposition to planning reforms is nothing new Jamie Carpenter 14 February 2012 12:02:50
I blogged yesterday about the row over the government’s planning reforms and how the...
UK’s first ‘amphibious house’ granted planning permission Jamie Carpenter 14 February 2012 11:01:56
Planning permission has been granted this week for a property described by its architect...
Is planning set to make a return to the front pages? Jamie Carpenter 13 February 2012 17:13:28
In September and October 2011, when the furore over the National Planning Policy Framework...

Portas Pilots….town centres facing their ‘war of the worlds’ 09 February 2012 09:16:19
Horse and Cart, Clacton War of the Worlds 1952 (EAFA 1990) When I...
Regional Growth Fund still doesn’t add up… 30 January 2012 08:16:09
Regeneration and Renewal, and this blog in particular, has previously (November 2011) questioned...
’Unlocking growth in cities’…’Unlocking incoherence in government’ 17 January 2012 08:17:36
Clegg and Clark’s announcement of ‘new city deals’ in December 2011 was broadly...

Urban Design, Sustainability, Land Use and Transport Planning 19-Feb-2012
The importance of urban design compared to the value we put on it has...
Financing New Housing – Government Funded Discrimination? 12-Feb-2012
The Communities Select Committee finished their evidence gathering last week on housing finance with...
Core City Deals – And Planning’s role in the Battle for Growth & Regeneration 5-Feb-2012
The last couple of weeks have been dominated for me by the strange dancing...

It’s the (impact of HS2 on the) economy, stupid 06 February 2012 13:49:21
My previous blog post brought the entirely valid response that I do rather look...
HS2 – David Cameron’s Tea Party moment? 16 January 2012 10:56:44
So HS2 has passed its next hurdle. Having walked the whole route last summer...
High Rise Blues 09 January 2012 12:06:33
My wife’s threatening to chain herself to the first concrete mixer that shows up...

The high Aussie dollar is killing the country’s manufacturing heartlands – which will soon need ‘regenerating’ 13 February 2012 10:04:20
The Aussie dollar has hit $1.07 to the Yankee dollar and some are suggesting...
Sydney needs a new planning system – and effective governance 07 January 2012 02:00:17
Sydney needs a new planning system and better metropolitan governance
New South Wales/Old South Wales 27 November 2011 08:56:16
As a resident of the former and a native of the latter, and passionate...

Plan Verde – Mexico City’s climate change strategy 20 February 2012 20:55:52
In June the Rio +20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development will be held. Few...
The Maldives – challenges for sustainable development in a small island state 13 February 2012 18:15:04
Last week’s forced departure of the President of The Maldives has brought global attention...
The creative workforce as a focus for economic development 06 February 2012 11:38:12
Media City UK Richard Florida’s writings on the creative class have underpinned much...

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