Our Graduate Planner Sophie has recently been awarded the David Lock Prize at Newcastle University for her dissertation research in an area of planning which has lacked attention, and yet offers so much opportunity for […]
Earth Day 2021: Planning and Sustainable Development
In advance of Earth Day, the UK Government has set an ambitious target to reduce emissions by 78 percent compared with 1990 levels as it looks forward to hosting COP26 in November. The previous target for […]
Re-Positioning Heritage in the Planning System
As a society, there is a tendency to let the short-term market demand prevail against the long-term protection of our natural and historic assets. Heritage assets are under pressure within a system designed to facilitate […]
A world just under your feet – but a million miles away from home
A project by Newcastle University’s Professor Roger Burrows has been ‘digging into’ the trend for basement developments in London. His work follows on from that of Prof. Steven Graham, which looks at the “luxified skies” […]