Now on Bluesky. Chair @PowerToChange_. Trustee @CPRE, @NationwideFdtn, @SMKCampaigners. V Chair HS2 Design Panel. Founder @civic_voice. #neighbourhoodplanning
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Apr 23
The one on "How to write planning policies for a neighbourhood plan" originally written by yours truly but no attribution from @mhclg
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Series of #neighbourhoodplanning guides just published by @mhclg - updates of ones produced for Locality but now with formal Government endorsement
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We're asking questions of @mhclg about why there appear to be no transitional arrangements for the revised Basic Conditions for neighbourhood plans and why its Planning Practice Guidance is so woefully out of date (last revision in 2020)
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A reminder of @Keir_Starmer's support for #neighbourhoodplanning in his patch when Kentish Town's neighbourhood plan went to referendum in 2016
NEW REPORT: Planning for Pride in Place - funding & support for #neighbourhoodplanning in London
Key findings in 🧵below
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NEW REPORT: Planning for Pride in Place - funding & support for #neighbourhoodplanning in London
Key findings in 🧵below
neighbourhoodplanners.london…
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30 Oct 2025
Hurrah - Government move to revoke damaging short cut & cover tunnel at Stonehenge vindicates all those who have stood by this exceptional landscape & puts @nationaltrust, @HistoricEngland & @EnglishHeritage on notice to work for a lasting solution
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30 Oct 2025
Some of the many reasons why the answer to housing the nation is not a Crews Hill "New Town" in London's Green Belt - find out more on @CPRELondon's "Smoke and Mirrors" event
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24 Oct 2025
More kick-in-the-teeth than "shot-in-the-arm" for all those wanting decent quality homes that everyone can afford in London - it shouldn't need to be said that in an ever heating city having more than one window in your home should be a basic right
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13 Oct 2025
Agreed - always been a little surprised that London's active #neighbourhoodplanning community hasn't tried to introduce "principal residency" policies to address this issue, as has been achieved in multiple rural neighbourhood plans
11 Oct 2025
So the developers have said the 'luxury' homes on the Peckham Aylesham site are going to professionals and second home owners..So that means that it is not needed for the local population as touted. It's not rocket science. Build a nicer lower gentle density place and we can all get on with our lives.
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26 Sep 2025
A recording of our webinar exploring inequalities in access to #GreenSpace in #London is now available to watch below 👇
youtu.be/NohdkaX0CZM?si=HnLp… via @YouTube
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26 Sep 2025
The public trust local communities to make the right decisions for neighbourhoods - new evidence from @powertochange_
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24 Sep 2025
It's almost like the Government needs to invent something called #neighbourhoodplanning instead of pulling the funding and technical support which has underpinned its role in helping communities find their own solutions to future development for a decade
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25 Sep 2025
We hear more about Grey Belt than brownfield despite the Government's brownfield first policy so @CPRE's report on sheer scale of brownfield capacity (enough for nearly 1.5 homes) & how much is shovel ready is both timely & important
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25 Sep 2025
Striking conclusions which should refocus minds on improving our towns and cities rather than sprawling over the countryside
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24 Sep 2025
It's almost like the Government needs to invent something called #neighbourhoodplanning instead of pulling the funding and technical support which has underpinned its role in helping communities find their own solutions to future development for a decade
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24 Sep 2025
Read on and spot the flaw - money flowing to local authorities and not direct to communities. A recurring blind spot that equates the two and fails to recognise the despair so many communities have with local as well as central government
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22 Sep 2025
If @SteveReedMP believes"Giving communities more power is why I am in politics" then returning Government support for the direct community power that is #neighbourhoodplanning would be a good place to start or is it just about local government & mayors?
theguardian.com/politics/202…
21 Sep 2025
🚨BREAKING: Labour is giving local communities beefed up powers to block vape shops, bookmakers and fake barbers that are ruining high streets.
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3 Sep 2025
The power of Freedom of Information - new insights from @mysociety via @WhatDoTheyKnow
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27 Aug 2025
If you step up in density like this, dont be surprised if your neighbours object and it's the last time you do it
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27 Aug 2025
London's #Parks, #PlayingFields and #GreenBelt are coming under increasing threat. Today, we've launched a new free guide on how to set up and run a successful grassroots campaign to protect #GreenSpaces.
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@SaveWimbldnPark @EnfieldSoc @SaveLeaMarshes
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