Councils to bid to build new garden towns
The Government has published a new garden towns prospectus, which sets out a list of criteria that local authorities and
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Housing
Feature: a filmmaker’s mission to shed light on regeneration & gentrification in Brixton
One of the main objections from communities who have undergone gentrification is that they feel their voices haven’t been heard.
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Developers accused of ‘gobbling up’ Green Belt
The Green Belt is being ‘eroded at an alarming rate’ with plans to build 460,000 homes on land that will
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Watford celebrate Green Flag Award success
Twelve parks and green spaces across Watford have been named among the best in the country by the Green Flag
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Cross-party group calls for more support for new towns
A cross-party group of MPs has called on the Government to put new towns centre stage in the next Budget.
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Japanese knotweed damage to properties ‘rare’, researchers say
Researchers have found little evidence Japanese knotweed causes significant structural damage to properties. Ecologists from global infrastructure services firm AECOM
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Leadership Spotlight: Dr Richard Hull, lecturer in social entrepreneurship, Goldsmiths University
Dr Richard Hull leads the MA in Social Entrepreneurship at Goldsmiths University, South London. Goldsmiths offers one of the few graduate programmes
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Right-to-Buy replacement homes could vanish in five years
Two thirds of councils will have no chance of replacing homes sold off under the Right-to-Buy scheme within the next
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UKGBC and Innovation Gateway to collaborate on built environment
The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) and Innovation Gateway have today (May 23) announced a partnership which they believe will
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Report shines light on the barriers to healthy placemaking
Design Council worked with Social ChangeUK to survey over 600 built environment practitioners across the UK to understand their views
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Group calls for garden city commitment from ministers
A group of 50 organisations have called on the government to demonstrate its continued support for delivering new garden villages,
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15 minutes with…Christian Felber, author and economist
Christian Felber is an economist who founded the Economy for the Common Good, an economic model which focuses on the well-being
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Smart cities held back by lack of visionary leadership
Smart city programmes around the world are being held back by a lack of money, infrastructure and visionary leadership, according
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New project launched to study how EVs can power homes
A new project has been launched by Salford University and partners to test how electric vehicle (EV) batteries can be
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Giving communities the tools to monitor pollution
Academics and researchers have published a new guide, which aims to help local communities to monitor air and noise pollution
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Building housing developments in a ‘nature-friendly’ way
New guidelines have been published to show developers how to build greener homes. Published by the Wildlife Trusts, they aim
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District heating and why customer engagement is the key to success
Enfield Council’s energy company, energetik, recently welcomed its first customers. The company’s first heat network is now supplying new homes
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Building eco-friendly on a budget
Some 12% of the UK’s carbon emissions come from domestic buildings and the government has declared that by 2020, all
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From military base to ‘green town’
Being asked to incorporate biodiversity into a new development is challenging enough, but imagine being asked to help transform a
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Gauging public opinion on air quality plans
As councils around the country start to develop plans for low-emission zones, public attitudes to tackling air pollution have been
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