Town and Country Planning articles from July 2005

Town and Country Planning archives from July 2005

25 years ago.(t&cp back bites)
July 1, 2005... IF a large proportion of the housing stock is to be rebuilt by 2000, it could be located more sensibly. Sadly, this debating point is vanishing as we see the level of housebuilding fall to its lowest level since 1924. It is estimated that the...

10 years ago.(t&cp back bites)
July 1, 2005... FOR most of the 'Rest of the South East' counties the new household projection forecasts are not quite so frightening as was anticipated. But if the bulk of the additional housing requirement implied by the new forecasts is not to be...

5 years ago.(t&cp back bites)
July 1, 2005... THE housing numbers have again become a political football. In the past, the party that promised most completions took the plaudits. Now, particularly in the South East, we are in a frenzy of underbidding. The Government must stand firm on the...

Context: news digest, June 2005.
July 1, 2005... * 1.6 Environmental quality: New government legislation on high hedges comes into effect, giving local authorities powers to intervene in disputes between neighbours over high hedges. www.odpm.gov.uk/treesandhedges * 6.6 Housing: The...

APaNGO--engaging with regional planning processes: the TCPA has recently begun work on a three-year international project, supported by the ODPM and the EU INTERREG IIIB funding programme, which aims, among other objectives, to establish a European network of skills and resources to aid community engagement in regional planning processes, as Project Co-ordinator. Eva George explains.
July 1, 2005... YOU MIGHT BE forgiven for thinking that what follows concerns a new thirst-quenching summer drink--possibly a combination of apple and mango juice. But those familiar with the penchant of Brussels bureaucrats for acronyms will have spotted a...

Spatial strategy, society, and the environment: Nick Green outlines some of the key points raised at public evidence-gathering sessions held in Manchester and London by the TCPA's Commission of Inquiry into the disparities of growth across England's regions and the measures needed if we are to properly tackle national development priorities.(A VISION FOR ENGLAND'S FUTURE)
July 1, 2005... THE FINAL public evidence-gathering sessions of the TCPA's 'Vision for England's Future' Inquiry, led by an Independent Commission, took place in Manchester and London. Manchester--'lessons from the Celtic nations' The TCPA conference...

A last look around.(People & Ideas)
July 1, 2005... THERE IS a tradition of unexpected longevity about many aspects of the TCPA. Who, for example, could have guessed that the organisation set up by people inspired by Ebenezer Howard (the least charismatic of prophets) over a century ago would...

Back to China--with no apologies.(Planning World)
July 1, 2005... PLANNERS just have to keep coming back to China--both physically and in print. My recent visit was the third in a year; this article also the third on the topic. No excuses: every other academic and practitioner seems to be heading in the same...

Why targeted rail growth should be a national aim.(Getting Somewhere)
July 1, 2005... GIVEN Government aims to achieve a more integrated and sustainable transport system, you'd think that encouraging travel by train would automatically be on the agenda. However, published in July 2004, The Future of Rail White Paper (1) was...

LCA--another brick in the wall.(Off the Fence)
July 1, 2005... LANDSCAPE character assessment (LCA) is a survey technique sponsored by the Countryside Agency. It has led to the compilation of a character map of the whole of England comprising precisely drawn zones--many are very small in size--presented as...

Planning streets for eco-cars: with a new era of clean vehicle technology unfolding, Stephen Marshall suggest creating a more favourable network environment for 'eco-cars'.(urban transport)
July 1, 2005... FOR MOST of the last 100 years, urban transport has largely involved modes inherited from the 19th century. A large part of the 20th century was then spent adapting the urban environment to suit those modes, as inner and outer city areas were...

Lessons from Edinburgh's 'No': Tom Rye, Stephen Ison, and Marcus Enoch look at the reasons for the 'No' vote in the Edinburgh congestion charging referendum and the lessons to be learnt from the experience.(congestion charging)
July 1, 2005... UP TO 25 February 2005, the City of Edinburgh had proposed plans to introduce a congestion charging scheme, but in a postal referendum on the City Council's transport strategy, held between 7 and 21 February, the residents of Edinburgh voted...

Patrick Geddes lives ... Andrew W. Gilg explains how a new framework using key aspects of Geddes's problem-solving methods can be used to evaluate post-war land use planning.(evaluating planning)
July 1, 2005... NOT ONLY IS Patrick Geddes one of the founders of planning, but, as a recent article in Town & Country Planning (1) noted, his work remains highly compatible with contemporary public policy agendas, notably evidence-based policies rooted in...

Green light for red light districts? Peter Jones, David Hillier, Peter Shears, and Daphne Comfort look at the problems associated with street prostitution and the arguments for and against the establishment of formally delimited prostitution 'tolerance zones'.(sex and the city)
July 1, 2005... RED LIGHT DISTRICTS have long been a traditional characteristic of British cities, but Liverpool City Council's January 2005 decision to try to set up 'tolerance zones' for prostitution or sex work has brought new interest to the ways in which...

Community-initiated engagement--lessons from the parish plans programme: Catherine Hughes reports on recent research that examined the impact of parish plans in the South East region and found that the opportunity for parish planning to add value to local development frameworks is in danger of being missed.(community participation)
July 1, 2005... 'We want to give rural communities the chance to set out what their town or village should look like and to guide its future development. The best decisions on these issues result from giving local people a share in those decisions.' Our...

Public rights of way and planning: Tony Lund and David Alexander examine the links between the implementation and management of the public rights of way network and the development control process.(public rights of way)
July 1, 2005... IN 2003, the Countryside Agency expressed concern over the failure of the planning process to identify and manage rights of way issues when land was developed. It identified poor communication between authorities as a key factor that...

Walk right on? Matthew Dardecker and Keith Halfacree examine whether the rights conferred by the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000--which are all expected to be in operation by the end of 2005--are likely to meet the demands and priorities of walkers and ramblers.(public rights of way)
July 1, 2005... CONFLICT OVER public access rights to land is a longstanding issue in Britain and elsewhere. (1) For years it has been of great concern to planners, politicians, campaigning groups, and individuals alike. However, for England and Wales, 30...

Noise annoys--implications of Moreno Gomez for planning authorities.(Legal Eye)
July 1, 2005... FOLLOWING the introduction of the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA), judicial attention has focused on the interrelationship between the substantive rights enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights, notably Article 8 (the right to respect...

Not another clone town campaign.(Going Local)
July 1, 2005... IT ISN'T every day that you're involved with a media story, related to planning, that hits every serious newspaper and every serious radio feature programme as well. Given that I was involved on the fringes of the 'Clone Town Britain' story, it...

Still seeking an urban renaissance.(Design Matters)
July 1, 2005... SO NEW LABOUR goes on--as, one assumes, will the 'Sustainable Communities' agenda, the reformed planning system, the Academy for Sustainable Communities (the national skills centre), the liveability agenda, and CABE. All of these have changed...

Polycentricity--an idea that's here to stay?(The Euro-Files)
July 1, 2005... THE CONCEPT of balanced and sustainable polycentric development is one of the hallmarks of the field of European spatial planning, and a message of the European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP) that is frequently debated by academics and...

Wrong challenge.(Connections)
July 1, 2005... ORGANISING a conference on a dull subject and need some publicity? Then invite the CPRE to come and speak, as it can be relied on to come up with some cataclysmic statement to attract the headlines. The latest example comes from the CPRE's...

Rhetoric is no answer.(Connections)
July 1, 2005... PANIC is beginning to be the hallmark of the scientific prognosis on climate change. At the beginning of the year, it was Dr Rakendra Pachauri, Chairman of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Speaking at an...