Town and Country Planning articles from February 2005

Town and Country Planning archives from February 2005

25 years ago.(t&cp back bites)
February 1, 2005... A EUROPEAN Campaign for Urban Renaissance must get the message that bringing economic activity back to the cities is too vague an aim: it must be the right kind of activity for the particular city in its region. The campaign should acknowledge...

10 years ago.(t&cp back bites)
February 1, 2005... LABOUR HAS acquired a blind spot on the land question. It went into the last election without a policy for dealing with betterment and is in danger of doing so again. This could be very damaging because sooner or later land values will rise...

5 year ago.(t&cp back bites)
February 1, 2005... EVEN ASSUMING that the political argument for new towns can be won, the planning system will need to develop new ways of handling new town proposals. The dry procedures of regional planning guidance, development plans and development control...

Revising planning obligations.(Inside Stories)
February 1, 2005... The charitable purpose of the Town and Country Planning Association is to improve the art and science of town and country planning. It is the only independent organisation concerned with planning and housing covering the UK and is the longest...

A low-cost high-speed rail line for the north.(Planning World)
February 1, 2005... SUDDENLY, unexpectedly, like lightning out of the blue, the Government has again become interested in the idea of a new national high-speed rail line linking London with the north of England and Scotland. At a Department of Transport...

Rummaging through the market.(People & Ideas)
February 1, 2005... THE WISEST of the new town pioneers used to observe that the first thing needed to make a new settlement come to life was a street market, to fill that central space in the shopping centre. Retailers, quite wrongly, would see it as an unwelcome...

What now for rural planning policy work? The arrangements for the proposed 'Integrated Agency', as set out in the recently issued Draft Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill, should seek to ensure that valuable planning policy work currently undertaken by the Countryside Agency, particularly on socio-economic-related matters, is continued.(rural planning)
February 1, 2005... ONE OF THE STRENGTHS of the Countryside Agency when it was first established in 1999 was the integration of the natural environment work on landscapes and access, previously the preserve of the Countryside Commission, and the socio-economic...

Accessibility planning--from US to UK: US environmental justice polices and programmes have built up a strong body of knowledge upon which the UK could usefully draw in addressing the transport and accessibility problems of low-income groups.(accessibility)
February 1, 2005... AFTER MANY YEARS of research and campaigning, I am happy to see that the poor physical access of some low-income groups and communities to employment opportunities and other key facilities has finally been properly recognised as a social policy...

A family affair? Drawing on recent case study work undertaken in Manchester and Leipzig, Alan Mace, Nick Gallent, and Peter Hall look at why our major cities need to make themselves attractive living places for families, and at how sustainable cities could be marketed to suburban families.(city living)
February 1, 2005... WITH EUROPEAN CITIES facing ageing and shrinking populations, how might they plan to contract their residential bases, yet still offer decent services and a good quality of life to residents? This was the initial focus of a recent comparative...

Participation--increasing the flow: Joe Howe and Jeremy Carter report on a study of stakeholder participation in preparing a pilot river basin management plan as required by the European Water Framework Directive.(stakeholder participation)
February 1, 2005... THIS ARTICLE presents key findings from an Economic and Social Research Council funded project undertaken at the University of Manchester during 2004. The research built upon previous work concerning the relationship between land use planning...

A programme for sustainable development.
February 1, 2005... In 2001 the TCPA led the way when it published A Programme for Sustainable Communities, calling for the positive planning and delivery of a greater number of homes to higher standards in sustainable social cities--or 'sustainable communities'....

Frameworks for sound urban policy implementation: John Zetter examines the characteristics that urban policy institutions need to possess and the questions that urban policy legislation needs to answer.(urban policy)
February 1, 2005... ALTHOUGH LEGAL and institutional frameworks vary greatly across the world, it should nevertheless be possible to identify a common set of characteristics that urban policy institutions need to possess and the questions that urban policy...

The 'ah-ness' of learning: in the third of three articles marking the 150th anniversary of the birth of Patrick Geddes, Deborah Peel reflects on some potential lessons from Geddes' work and thinking for critical learning and teaching.(planning history and current practice)
February 1, 2005... THE CURRENT INTEREST in inter-professional working, inter-disciplinary education, and experiential learning present something of a challenge to contemporary educators in terms of curriculum content and delivery. (1) The demands of the knowledge...

Alley-gating--redesigning the community landscape: Colin Rogers looks at the spread of alley gates as part of measures to reduce burglary and the fear of crime, and examines whether the apparent benefits are also accompanied by wider negative impacts.(crime and security)
February 1, 2005... 'Burglaries in Liverpool dropped by a third when gates were installed to seal off the alleys behind terrace houses.' The Guardian, 25 November 2003 A PHENOMENON called alley-gating is sweeping the country. The introduction of steel...

Shaping the future of Cheltenham and Gloucester.(North & West of Watford)
February 1, 2005... IN JANUARY 2005 Gloucestershire County Council launched a public consultation exercise designed to test some strategy options for sustainable development in and around Cheltenham and Gloucester for the period 2006-2026. This exercise will...

The top ten definitions of new localism.(Going Local)
February 1, 2005... YOU CAN HARDLY turn on the television these days without confronting yet another countdown programme--the 100 best films or the top 50 comedies, for example. There is something enjoyably adolescent about them--you can say much the same for...

Sustainable development and the modernisation of public services.(Future Work)
February 1, 2005... WITH AN ELECTION only weeks away, the debates around taxation, the funding of public services, and tax cuts has been joined in earnest--if it ever went away. There is no doubt that this is one of the defining agendas of current political...

Making compulsory purchase fit for purpose--reports and reforms.(Legal Eye)
February 1, 2005... UNTIL RECENTLY, compulsory purchase appeared to be in danger of becoming an area of law and practice of little more than historic interest. This has changed in the last few years with the increased emphasis on brownfield development and the...

Alternatives to the hump.(Connections)
February 1, 2005... SPEED HUMPS do work. The most recent evidence comes from a study in the United States that showed that children who live in streets near a speed hump were up to 60 per cent less likely to be injured by a car than youngsters in areas without...

Failing our children.(Connections)
February 1, 2005... THE COUNTRYSIDE and Rights of Way Act has significantly increased the opportunities for adults to roam freely. This contrasts with the fate of our children: research by the Children's Play Council shows that a typical eight-year-old's 'home...

Ola!(Connections)
February 1, 2005... PUZZLED BY an acronym in a recent planning document, a friend of mine telephoned the ODPM to ask for an explanation. 'You need our OLA," said the civil servant. 'What's that?' asked my friend. 'Our list of acronyms,' came the answer. Paul...

Puzzled again.(Connections)
February 1, 2005... I HAVE RECENTLY been investigating the real potential for biomass to provide for our energy needs and was annoyed when one authoritative source announced that it would need an area '55 times the size of Kent to supply the UK's energy needs'. It...