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Planning inquiry gives psychology a starring role johngeoghegan 22 May 2012 14:45:13
The worlds of planning and psychology rarely intersect much. But a recent appeal hearing...
ArcelorMittal completed, controversy continues michaeldonnelly 11 May 2012 11:27:34
Work has been completed on the controversial ArcelorMittal tower in the London 2012 Olympic...
Pickles on John Ford michaeldonnelly 09 May 2012 11:42:21
Communities secretary Eric Pickles has presented a Radio 4 documentary celebrating the work of...

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Two cheers for the Portas Pilots 21 May 2012 09:46:51
Over 200 years ago Napoleon Bonaparte famously described England as a nation of shopkeepers....
Ostriches, superlambananas and local distinctiveness 03 May 2012 14:47:49
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Green living in the Black Forest 17 April 2012 10:37:32
“Atomkraft? Nein danke.” For the fashionable environmentalist of thirty years ago there were few...

The case for a ‘local growth pact’… 11 May 2012 14:42:24
One of the most striking political contrasts of early May was between Presidential elections...
Moving your ‘Town Team’ up the Local Economic Growth league tables…. 29 April 2012 10:19:55
I started my first blog this year on town centres ( Portas Pilots…town centres...
Government’s approach to High Streets is a victory of PR over the substance of delivering future Town Centre economic success 24 April 2012 14:23:59
Now that the dust has settled on the Budget, NPPF and Government’s...

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