As visionary ideas go, the garden city movement as evangelised and then realised by Ebeneezer Howard, the founder of the Town and Country Planning Association, in Letchworth and Welwyn in Hertfordshire, remains among the more influential in our planning policy. Howard believed that out of a marriage of town and country would spring ‘a new […]
If the national challenge to get Britain back building is also acutely local, then to restore pre-crisis housebuilding levels – and the levels the country still needs – further action is required. Major developers will play a huge role in delivering these numbers over time, but for an immediate acceleration it is to the SME […]
“Is there a place for community in planning for the future?” Localis Policy Webinar WEDNESDAY 28 OCTOBER FROM 11.00 A.M. TO 12.00 P.M. Announcing the Government’s long-awaited reform document ‘Planning for the Future, communities secretary Robert Jenrick pledged: “We want a society that has re-established powerful links between identity and place, between our unmatchable architectural […]
Localis’s 2019 drinks reception will be held in the Reading Room of the British Academy on the evening of Wednesday 4 December from 6.00 p.m onward. 2019 has seen Localis build on the success of recent years. We began in January by looking at fair investment in sustainable growth in Smart Cities; and then investigating how better […]
Are the Housing White Paper’s measures enough to encourage new models of housing delivery? Do the proposed revised NPPF definitions go far enough to support the government’s objectives? Will the shift away from starter homes deliver more affordable homes? In a series of roundtables, we will be exploring these questions and the Housing White Paper’s hidden […]
To launch a new Localis report on what form a more local approach to housing policy should take, this panel event will focus on why and how housing should form a greater part of the devolution agenda – and what that might look like. The report is the culmination of a research project which has involved three […]
In conjunction with regeneration specialist Willmott Dixon, Localis will be hosting a private round table discussion at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham on estate regeneration. England faces a multi-faceted crisis in housing supply. Not enough homes to buy, privately rent or socially rent are being built. And much of the existing stock fails to meet the […]
In conjunction with regeneration specialist Willmott Dixon, Localis will be hosting a private round table discussion on public-private partnerships at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool. England faces a multi-faceted crisis in housing supply. Not enough affordable homes to buy, privately rent or socially rent are being built. And much of the existing stock fails to meet the […]
Home truths: national housing policy isn’t working – time for a more local approach? The UK is in the midst of a housing crisis. A lack of affordable housing has resulted in many families being unable to afford to buy their first home and many are spending a large proportion of their incomes on rent. […]
Home truths: national housing policy isn’t working – time for a more local approach? The UK is in the midst of a housing crisis. A lack of affordable housing has resulted in many families being unable to afford to buy their first home and many are spending a large proportion of their incomes on rent. […]