Town and Country Planning articles from September 2006

Town and Country Planning archives from September 2006

25 Years ago.(t&cp back bites)(Britain's urban policy)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... AN URBAN policy based on the reemergence of small firms in inner city districts is no longer viable: the world recession, the poor standing of Britain's own economy, the escalating impact of the transistor revolution, and the continued need to...

10 Years ago.(t&cp back bites)(Britain's urban policy)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... IN THE NEW PPG, and in the 'Quality in Town and Country' discussion, we can begin to see a clear and legitimate role for design, and particularly for urban design in planning practice--in other words, a new agenda for urban design and design...

5 Years ago.(t&cp back bites)(environmental policy in the UK)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... RUMOURS of the so-called 'death of distance' have been greatly exaggerated, and so have ideas that all things prefixed by 'e-' can contribute powerfully to environmental sustainability and social cohesion. The new economy is following the...

Context: news digest, July/August 2006.(Website list)
September 1, 2006... * 4.7 Planning: Interim Report--Analysis is published by the Barker Review of Land Use Planning. www.communities.gov.uk/index.asp?id=1501326 * 4.7 Planning: The DCLG publishes Householder Development Consents Review, the report and...

TCPA survey reveals surge in local renewable energy policies.(Town and Country Planning Association)
September 1, 2006... A NEW SURVEY by the TCPA has revealed an impressive surge in on-site renewable energy policies being developed by pioneering local authorities. Key findings from the TCPA survey show that more than 171 local authorities are working on policies...

The north's existential dilemma.(Planning World)
September 1, 2006... TRAVELLING around northern England this summer, you couldn't have helped reflecting that the simple old dichotomy, North versus South, has now been joined by another equally significant divide: North versus North. And ironically, that great new...

The fragile tariff.(Off the Fence)(Milton Keynes Planning Tariff)
September 1, 2006... THERE IS A rising tide of press comment and Ministerial statements which welcome the 'Milton Keynes Planning Tariff' as a breakthrough site-specific development charge collected locally to help offset the cost of strategic infrastructure,...

Planning for affordable homes.(Talking Houses)
September 1, 2006... THIS AUTUMN will see the setting up of the new National Housing and Planning Advice Unit (NHPAU), recommended in the report of the Barker Review of Housing Supply. Its remit will be to provide authoritative advice to the Government and the...

'Dialogue not diktat'--planning modernisation and community engagement in Scotland: Deborah Peel and Greg Lloyd look at the implications for collective participation in the land use planning system in Scotland in the light of the consultation draft of a new planning advice note on community engagement.(planning in Scotland)
September 1, 2006... THE PLANNING ETC. (SCOTLAND) BILL was presented to the Scottish Parliament in December 2005. (1) The modernising planning journey has passed through several stages in a deliberate attempt by the Scottish Executive to better understand the...

Resources for planning--from stopgap to step-change? Phil Allmendinger and Tony Bovaird look at the impact of Planning Delivery Grant on local authority performance, and at possible future avenues for linking PDG to housing supply.(the planning system)
September 1, 2006... THE RESOURCING of the planning service in England and Wales is critical to the Government's intentions of delivering a 'step-change' in housing provision while also achieving holistic development (housing and commercial) that is both...

Mapping the prevalence of social entrepreneurs: promoting social entrepreneurship may be a key means of bringing the socially excluded into the enterprise culture.(social enterprise)
September 1, 2006... ARE ENTREPRENEURS always motivated by the desire for personal financial gain? A recent survey has evaluated the extent to which this is the case. The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), which started in 1999, now involves some 42...

A duty to promote equality--not a new approach, but a new way of thinking? Deborah Peel looks at the implications for land use planning of the emerging duty on all public sector authorities to promote disability equality, enshrined in the Disability Discrimination Act 2005.(inclusive communities)
September 1, 2006... THE GOVERNMENT has asserted that it wants disabled people to have full opportunities and choices to improve their quality of life and be respected and included as equal members of society by 2025. This forms part of its political ambitions for...

'Integrated' spatial planning--is it living up to expectations? Focusing on integration between different policy sectors and strategies, Dave Counsell, Phil Allmendinger, Graham Haughton and Geoff Vigar report early findings from a research project exploring just how integrated 'integrated spatial planning' really is at national and regional levels.(spatial planning)
September 1, 2006... MORE JOINED-UP GOVERNMENT has been a constant ambition in the public service modernisation programmes of successive New Labour governments and of governments in the devolved administrations of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. As part of...

Sustainability appraisal at the regional level: Peter Jones, Daphne Comfort, Paul Cozens and David Hillier examine the sustainability appraisals of the draft RSSs for the South West and the South East.(sustainability and regional planning)(regional spatial strategy)
September 1, 2006... SECURING THE REGIONS' FUTURES, published by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in April 2006, sets out the ways in which the Government will 'strengthen the delivery of sustainable development in the English regions'. (1)...

A balanced transport package for heavily-frequented venues: Rene Teeuwen, Tom Rye and Marcus Enoch explain how an approach to mobility management at heavily-frequented sites, intended to be applicable across North West Europe, is being developed by the trans-national [OPTIMUM.sup.2] project.(transport and mobility management)
September 1, 2006... MANY BUSINESS PREMISES and parks, hospitals and other heavily-frequented venues suffer from poor accessibility. The problems are all too familiar: daily recurring local congestion and parking overflow caused by huge numbers of staff and...

Communicating climate change.(Earth Rights)(Column)
September 1, 2006... I HAVE BEEN thinking quite a lot about the communication of the climate change message since the launch of the Warwickshire Climate Change Strategy and Partnership in July. The subject is so huge and the audience so diverse that it cannot be...

Achieving the dream? Tessa Coombes examines the framework for sustainable growth in the South West region and, in particular, the West of England sub-region.(North & West of Watford)
September 1, 2006... THE GROWTH pressures on the West of England sub-region--Bath, Bristol, Weston-super-Mare and associated towns--are such that the area will be very different in 30 years' time from how it is now, whether we plan for change or not. But planning...

Why government hates self-help.(Going Local)(Viewpoint essay)
September 1, 2006... THE TROUBLE with politicians, one highly successful community organiser from New York City told me some time ago, is that they just want to turn up, spread fairy dust and listen to everyone cheer. They have to change the political rhetoric if...

Depressing environments.(Connections)(public attitude towards environmental issues)
September 1, 2006... A RECENT REPORT and opinion survey carried out for the Scottish Executive--Public Attitudes and Environmental Justice in Scotland--found that people are far more concerned about the state of their local street than about the kinds of...

Lost gardens.(Connections)(front gardens are environmentally beneficial)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... IF RECLAIMING our streets is a challenge, then reclaiming our front gardens is likely to be even more demanding. Although survey after survey suggests that most people object to the loss of green spaces in towns, thousands of those same people...

Community policing?(Connections)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... WEST MIDLANDS police seemed to have missed the point about residential streets being an extension of community living space. Two of their ill-named community support officers recently stopped a couple of 14-year-olds playing hopscotch on the...