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How to increase housebuilding by adopting the 15-minute city
City building specialist Simon Barrow looks at how the concept of the 15-minute city and 20-minute neighbourhood can improve wellbeing and social connectivity
Labour’s Planning Bill is the keystone of its housing delivery plans
The Planning and Infrastructure Bill has to be viewed as part of a larger package of measures, from NPPF reform to increased grant funding, behind the Government's housing theory …
Living with the Private Rented Sector
The 10-year plan for housing needs to ensure that local authorities can enforce the Renters’ Rights Bill and deliver a step-change in cultures and practices in the PRS, Giles …
Looking back over 7 years ahead of the 10-year plan for housing
Looking back on seven years at Shelter, Polly Neate reflects on how much has changed from the supposed “death of social housing” in the 2010s to the need to …
Encouraging innovation in the 10-year plan for housing
Readjusting appraisals to prioritise lifecycle costs over upfront demand, Mark Powell writes, will help to foster a culture of innovation and risk-taking in housing.
Attlee’s secret weapon to build homes: zoning
Special Development Orders in the Town and Country Planning Act not only show zoning of the past but also look to the potential of the future.
Lessons from the devolved nations for the 10-year plan for housing
Rachael Williamson looks to lessons from Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland's devolved approaches to housing for the UK Government's 10-year plan.
Delivering the council homes we need in the 10-year plan for housing
Dr Janice Morphet lays out how more sustainable funding, embracing of alternative models and institutional reform can boost council housebuilding after decades of decline.