Archive

Agreeing airports policy starts with a consensus on differences

By Huw Morris

19 September 2008

The planning system often comes under fire for jamming up major infrastructure schemes.

Fyson on ... screen demonstration

19 September 2008

Planning gets remarkably little in-depth coverage on television.

Gummer on ... court support for local views

19 September 2008

The refusal of 12 good men and true to convict the Greenpeace protesters for their invasion of E.ON's coal-fired power station at Hoo in Kent is a decision in the great tradition of English law.

The local economy: does it still exist?

By Tim Williams

12 September 2008

The cold winds blowing through global investment banking are an expensive but timely reminder of the need not to be introspective when planning regeneration.

Trickling cash flow puts ambitious plans at risk

12 September 2008

Not many developers promise to have their activities audited by a team of environmentalists headed by Jonathan Porritt. That, however, is what the waterside regeneration specialist Isis did when it was set up six years ago.

West London line is magnet for change

By Sir Peter Hall

12 September 2008

Indefatigable readers might recall that in the height of summer, this column speculated on Boris Johnson's rewriting of the London Plan (R&R, 27 June, p14).

Happiness happens in surprising spots

By Karen Buck

12 September 2008

Do you wake up every morning in Happytown?

Tools for system improvement are already in the planning box

By Huw Morris

12 September 2008

Nobody could describe the British Property Federation as the provisional wing of the development industry.

Fyson on ... external intervention in Stonehenge site conservation

By Anthony Fyson

12 September 2008

External intervention in Stonehenge site conservation that detracts from public consultation.

Richards on ... great review expectations

12 September 2008

The deadline for submission of comments to the Killian-Pretty review of the planning system has now passed.