All Planning articles – Page 3
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OpinionThe Professor and the Miner’s Son: the story of Britain's biggest shopping mall
David Rudlin tells the story of how a left-wing planner enabled the son of a miner to build Britain’s largest out-of-town shopping centre
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NewsButtress looks to repackage IKEA store into arts hub
Coventry proposals would create visitor attraction and storage facility for world-leading collections
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NewsCity pushes ahead with ‘pioneering’ whole-life carbon policy
Design teams will be required to submit detailed impact figures for a range of development options at pre-application stage
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OpinionDensifying suburbia will help our cities thrive – and save the green belt
Architects have a critical role to play in showing how we can make better use of our low density suburbs, writes Jerry Tate
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NewsArchitects voice fears about ‘character’ and ‘beauty’ tweaks to planning rules
RIBA also tells ministers it’s “not convinced” that measures to boost housing delivery go far enough
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OpinionWhy we keep missing the target on housing numbers
The proposed changes to planning for housing in the NPPF are unlikely to fix an issue that is undermining our entire planning system, writes David Rudlin
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OpinionWhat next for the future of housing design?
We need to work harder to make our housing and communities more sustainable, writes Adam Darby
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NewsNot-so-bright ideas: City seeks input on lighting proposals
Sun is about to set on Square Mile’s consultation for new planning guidance
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NewsStitch gets OK for student tower at appeal
Southwark scheme is “high-quality but not exemplary”, planning inspector says
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OpinionWe need to unlock financing for small and medium housebuilders, so they can do their job
Small and medium-sized developers have a key role in delivering housing. Keeping credit flowing is critical in enabling them to carry on building, writes Roxana Mohammadian-Molina
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OpinionA single School of Place won’t fix placemaking. We need better urban design teaching across the board
A School of Place may be no bad thing, but what we really need is a core curriculum for all urban design courses, which can be rolled out everywhere, writes David Rudlin
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NewsSouthwark launches ‘land commission’ to shape development
We Made That and Igloo Regeneration’s Chris Brown will aid borough’s drive
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OpinionRSHP’s proposed British Library extension is like a bull in a china shop
The proposals would overshadow and damage the setting of the Grade 1 listed Colin St John Wilson building, writes Peter Denney
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OpinionPlasticine versus Lego: Why is architecture so square?
David Rudlin shudders at the overwhelming rectilinearity of our cityscapes and ponders why architects are still so averse to addressing corners
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NewsSequel to Grenfell Tower Inquiry play set to be staged
Follow-up 2021’s “Grenfell: Value Engineering” will probe ministers’ failings and product-manufacturers’ disregard for public safety
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NewsPlans go in for Glenn Howells’ Brum BBC base
Typhoo Tea Factory proposals form part of 4ha masterplan for city’s Digbeth district
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NewsCampaign group attacks ‘misleading and inaccurate’ M&S claims
Retail giant accused of “greenwashing on an epic scale” after two-week public inquiry into proposals to demolish flagship Oxford Street store
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OpinionWhy do we struggle to densify suburbia?
For centuries settlements densified organically over time, but our suburbs stubbornly hold out against such change. We need a new approach that allows suburbia to mature, writes Samuel Hughes
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OpinionWhat record shops can teach the high street
Our high streets are struggling, but the spirit of the independent record shop could point the way towards recovery, writes David Rudlin
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OpinionDid we really always hate modernism?
People are drawn to good modern architecture, writes David Rudlin. It’s just the bad urbanism that lets it down