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Planning & Design Director Formerly - University of Manchester Urban Design & Town Planning Masters.
The 150 homes they're opposing will be literally next door to the tube station. This is the perfect location for desperately needed new homes.
The 150 homes they're opposing will be literally next door to the tube station. This is the perfect location for desperately needed new homes.
House prices always go up, right? Some people are just cottoning on to the fact that prices for many homes (especially flats) in the Capital are back where they were in 2013. Factor in inflation and they're even lower!
THis IS how you do it Gentle Densification :-)
Architects are lobbying the Govt to require that builders employ an architect to submit a planning application ('protection of function'). Remember: builders won't have to *listen* to these architects. They just need to pay an architect to sign off their application. Protection of function is *completely toothless* for enforcing higher design standards. This is in fact *pure rent-seeking* by the sector, a medieval-style tithe on building. There is nothing to recommend this proposal, and the Govt should toss it out without another thought. architectsjournal.co.uk/news/arb-in-ta…
In our second evidence session, Phineas Harper, an independent writer and critic, stated that innovative and experimental architectural design is being stifled by a lack of competition within the private sector, which is dominated by a small number of large companies.
After the Planning Bill debacle, the @WildlifeTrusts is warning of fresh attacks on nature. It’s madness. Trashing nature for short-term “growth” wrecks our future and it’s deeply unpopular. Polling shows the Government is totally at odds with the public on this.
The sharp drop in planning application submissions in the latest quarter means that there is “little chance” of the government being able to meet its commitment to build 1.5 million houses over the course of this Parliament, say lawyers and consultants. planningresource.co.uk/article/193303…
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Boddingtons Brewery is a symbol of the city manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-m…
