New Draft London Plan should be available as a single downloadable document which can be read and searched on Monday - till then we have to use the fragmented online version www.london.gov.uk/programmes-s...

In the absence of any other guidance from the Government on the new requirements for #neighbourhoodplanning on climate and nature and the change in the Basic Conditions this is what MHCLG officials have sent me about their impact

Pleased to be judging for @cprecountryside.bsky.social Centenary National Awards for the Countryside Changemaker category.    Nominate now! Deadline is 24 June 2026 More info: www.cpre.org.uk/cpre-nationa...

Event bringing together community and neighbourhood planning and other groups from across the capital Sign up here www.housingdemo.org for the Assembly point on 18th April

New National Park beckons in Wales

Wouldn't it be encouraging if MHCLG gave the same due care and attention to neighbourhood planning as is currently being given the Local Plans - a sure fire route to increasing "pride in place"

Headlines exposing the AI challenge to planners - on the one hand a tool to accelerate planning decisions while on the other being seen as a NIMBY charter in the hand of objectors

Check out this exhibition celebrating 100 years of @cprecountryside.bsky.social now running at the Museum of English Rural Life in Reading merl.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/voi... @themerl.bsky.social

Support for #neighbourhoodplanning in high places x.com/NPlannersLon...

New report from Neighbourhood Planners.London - check out the thread x.com/NPlannersLon... #neighbourhoodplanning

Enforcement - the perpetual Cinderella of the planning system where failures eat away at public trust. Helpful "Losing Control" report from Local Government Ombudsman www.lgo.org.uk/assets/attac...

Research on appeals from @cprecountryside.bsky.social shows "Grey Belt" development is largely green fields and not the disused petrol stations and abandoned car parks cited by @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social when launching the policy www.cpre.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Good to see these emerging conclusions from @justclp.bsky.social on how to achieve more just neighbourhoods via planning and place making led by communities

It's time to sign @cprecountryside.bsky.social's Letter to England www.cpre.org.uk/celebrating-...

Spot the problem with this so-called cycle route

Check out @cprecountryside.bsky.social plans for our centenary year #nevermoreneeded www.cpre.org.uk/celebrating-...

ooooo - look who has got a BIG anniversary coming up next year! @cprecountryside.bsky.social will be 100 years young with its best years still to come

- Green spaces (+ve) and lack affordable homes (-ve) mark out extremes of what influences community pride in place - People seem happiest in places where they rely on local government least Just two of many findings in Commonplace's report on place perceptions www.commonplace.is/hubfs/UK%20P...

Some reasons why the answer to housing the nation is not a Crews Hill "New Town" in London's Green Belt - find out more at @cprelondon.bsky.social's online event www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/smoke-and-... cprelondon.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?... www.cprelondon.org.uk/news/a-letter-to-london/

Striking conclusions which should refocus minds on improving our towns and cities rather than sprawling over the countryside

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

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 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

A new map revealing inequalities in access to local green space from @cprelondon.bsky.social - check out the event cpre-london.eventcube.io/events/87581...

#neighbourhoodplanning

Calendar is ticking down to @smkcampaigners.bsky.social Campaigner Awards - the shortlist is inspirational

Good to see the new National Design Review Charter published by the Design Network static1.squarespace.com/static/628b5...

Another year - another delay in providing communities with the financial and technical support they need to deliver #neighbourhoodplanning. All funding frozen until @mhclg sorts itself out and then wonders why communities don't trust Government support

Helpful confirmation of the continuing importance of #neighbourhoodplanning amid all the changes to the planning system - still awaiting news on the delivery of the Government's support programme which is now overdue www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=20...

Environmental decline behind top four economic risks globally while in a parallel universe bats, newts and green "blockers" are being seen as main barriers to "growth" in UK

Looking forward to seeing whether the New Towns Taskforce can come forward with something genuinely participative in delivering on its commitment to community engagement