Archive

Fyson on ... the Planning Convention's growing range of influence in the professional and political sphere

By Anthony Fyson

18 July 2008

It must give the RTPI considerable satisfaction that its Planning Convention is firmly established as the occasion when the government launches initiatives, albeit long-heralded ones such as the consultation on planning town centres and the institute-inspired planning policy outcome assessment methodology.

Food supply must be secured by good planning not the markets

By Huw Morris

11 July 2008

One of the big ironies from this week's G8 summit in Japan is that after a superficially impassioned debate about escalating food prices and dwindling supplies, the world's leaders sat down to a sumptuous eight-course banquet.

Fyson on ... changes to permitted development rights that offer a mixed package of clarity and confusion

By Anthony Fyson

11 July 2008

The government is proposing to change the rules on householder applications, with the overall aim of relaxing the planning regime and extending permitted development rights.

Gummer on ... agreement in a good cause

11 July 2008

We need to stop unnecessary division where a consensus is perfectly possible.

Planners must talk their way out of the hole they have fallen into

By Huw Morris

4 July 2008

Just over a year ago, this column bemoaned the fact that planners and other professionals were divided by a common language (Planning, 1 June 2007, p13).

Fyson on ... Vicissitudes in debate over eco-towns

By Anthony Fyson

4 July 2008

Vicissitudes in debate over eco-towns as challenge panel report provides misdirected advice.

Richards on ... an evolution in plan-making

4 July 2008

Employing technology to do useful things seems to be a bit of a theme at the moment.

Housing unit regional figures fly in face of evidence from market

By Huw Morris

27 June 2008

One of the more damaging lessons that politicians never seem to learn is that when you make a knee-jerk pledge, sooner or later questions will be asked about how you deliver it.

Fyson on ... whether public sector defection indicates job dissatisfaction

By Anthony Fyson

27 June 2008

Fyson on ... whether public sector defection indicates job dissatisfaction or merely a shift in work patterns.

Halman on ... why we must hail the chiefs

27 June 2008

Housing and planning minister Caroline Flint is having a bad summer.