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…and we have the data to prove it. Now what?
One of the positive contributions of the Covid era to both global and local health has been the vast collection of data on who, how, when...
Oct 7, 20224 min read
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Listening to older locals
Earlier this summer, I eagerly attended a series of workshops led by the team seeking to redevelop a site in Kew, SW London, currently...
Sep 21, 20224 min read
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Question Time on planning
Tomorrow sees the installation of a new government here in the UK. Gloom and Doom? Or possibility and opportunity? As the PM and the new...
Sep 5, 20222 min read
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The Regeneration of Earls Court
An interview with Rebekah Paczek, Director of Public Affairs and Community Relations, Earls Court Development Company A strange thing...
Aug 19, 20225 min read
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We need to rethink what makes a development viable
Two stories this week – and it’s only Wednesday - highlight the need to rethink and redefine how the financial viability of housing and...
Aug 17, 20226 min read
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How can local communities jump on to the ESG bandwagon?
While more and more companies commit to sustainable ESG – Environmental, Social & Governance – programmes and more corporate assets are...
Jul 27, 20223 min read
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Putting planning at the core of London’s future
An interview with Sakina Sheikh AM and Emma Best AM, chair and co-chair respectively of the London Assembly Planning & Regeneration...
Jul 11, 20225 min read
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Digital tools and community engagement – the experience of Delib Citizen Space
Our interest in how digital tools are helping developers and LPAs to listen to locals continues apace, and in this guest blog Dani Topaz...
Jun 27, 20222 min read
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Can Integrated Care Systems bring health & communities back into the planning process?
As of July 1st, the NHS will be managed through a series of Integrated Care Systems. The NHS describes these as “partnerships of...
Jun 13, 20223 min read
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The Paradox of measuring Community Impact
Several discussions during last week’s Restitch Summit centred on the “ecosystem” of community regeneration, exploring those systems and...
Jun 2, 20223 min read
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Local Communities & Health Inequalities
Nicola Bacon, co-founded Social Life in 2012 to develop research and community projects exploring how people are affected by changes in...
May 20, 20222 min read
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What will the Neighbours Think?
Following yesterday’s Queen’s Speech which introduced proposed changes to the current planning system, Tony Burton from CPRE London and...
May 11, 20223 min read
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How to Listen to Locals: the Sortition Foundation and the Cambridge Ideas Exchange
Tom Lord from the Sortition Foundation describes a project in Cambridge where local citizens are in the driving seat Meaningful citizen...
May 6, 20224 min read
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How Regeneration is attracting new participants to Local Politics
Ann Marie Sheehan, a resident of Mortlake & Barnes Common in SW London, explains how two major regeneration schemes are inspiring a new...
Apr 27, 20224 min read
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What is “Place-based impact investing” and does it benefit local communities?
Amidst the noise of Yimbys and Nimbys fighting it out on housing and wind farms, the government deciding on what levelling up means, and...
Apr 20, 20223 min read
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New thinking on planning London’s future
Just in time for the local elections next month, two community-led and deeply researched reports have been published offering new...
Apr 5, 20223 min read
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What does an ethical property developer look like?
Chris Brown, Executive Chair & Founder Igloo Regeneration Only 2% of people would trust a property developer to behave honestly according...
Mar 30, 20222 min read
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Time for a rethink on public loos
I recently spoke with a national broadsheet journalist about disinvestment in public toilets at a time when awareness and interest in...
Mar 21, 20223 min read
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Developers for Healthy Places: a collective of health-promoting property organisations
We are experiencing an unprecedented intersection of planning, development and public health in our government policy, local communities,...
Feb 18, 20223 min read
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Why aren’t proptech tools being tested on local citizens?
Last month the government’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing & Communities held an event in collaboration with Tech UK and the UK...
Feb 8, 20223 min read
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