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Report

Building homes, creating communities

The TCPA has released a report in partnership with APSE which evaluates the effectiveness of national housing and planning policy from the perspective of UK local authorities.

The report investigates whether councils believe that current planning frameworks help or hinder the production of housing in Britain.

Based on the research findings, which includes case studies, surveys and round table discussions with 166 local authorities, the report makes 16 recommendations to Government.

Author: Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA), Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE)

Publication date: May 2017

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Guidance

Manchester Residential Quality Guidance

An outline to the considerations, qualities, and opportunities that will help to deliver high quality residential development as part of successful and sustainable neighbourhoods across Manchester.

Author: Manchester City Council (MCC) by:

  • Deloitte Real Estate: John Cooper/Ed Britton
  • Planit-IE: Peter Swift/Robert Thompson/Alexandra Chairetaki/Chris Hall/Abi Allen
  • CallisonRTKL: John Badman/Michael Dillon

Publication date: March 2017

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The Cambridge Sustainable Housing Design Guide

Cambridge City Council plan to build at least 500 new environmentally friendly council homes by 2022. The Good Homes Alliance contributed towards the development of ‘The Cambridge Sustainable Housing Design Guide’ for the Greater Cambridge Housing Development Agency (HDA) which sets out the key design principles that will be followed when developing the new homes.


Author: Greater Cambridge Housing Development Agency (HDA).

Publication date: February 2017

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Article

New communities – Looking and learning from dutch experience

To help councillors leading local authorities with proposals for eco-towns, the TCPA and URBED (Urban and Economic Development) were commissioned by the Department for Communities and Local Government to organise a two-day study tour to leading Dutch examples of new settlements.

The tour aimed to show the councillors the Dutch approach to planning and to draw out lessons that could be applied in the UK.

Author: Nicholas Falk (URBED) for Town & Country Planning Association

Publication date: December 2008

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