Spatial planning UK news

News UK

 * Wednesday, February 7 2007 - Town centres under threat from planning shake up. Friends of the Earth press release
 * Monday, February 5 2007 - Green Belts shrink despite Prescott pledge. news release
 * Wednesday, January 24 2007 - New campaign to protect rights in the planning system launched.
 * Tuesday, December 19 2006 - Countryside endangered by East of England Plan development boost, CPRE
 * Wednesday, December 13 2006
 * Building a Greener Future: Towards Zero Carbon Development, consultation document launched. Communities and Local Government News Release, 2006/0174
 * Friends of the Earth welcomes new planning measures, but says Code for Sustainable Homes should be mandatory. FoE press release
 * The Wildlife Trusts welcome today’s consultation draft Planning Policy Statement (PPS), Planning and Climate Change, but warn it needs to go further to prepare wildlife for climate change. Wildlife Trusts news / Biodiversity UK
 * So how safe is the Green Belt? CPRE news release
 * Wednesday, December 6 2006
 * Countryside campaigners CPRE tell Chancellor: Don't take the democracy out of planning. CPRE news release
 * Further response to Barker Review: "A charter for increased traffic jams and social exclusion", Transport 2000
 * Tuesday, December 5 2006 - Barker sets out proposals for Land Use Planning System in England.
 * Monday, December 4 2006 - Leading environmental groups condemn the Government for failing to gather crucial information on the environmental impacts of road schemes. CPRE news release
 * Wednesday, August 30 2006 - Development threat to England's nationally protected landscapes - CPRE CPRE news release
 * Tuesday, August 29 2006 - Brownfield land could accommodate up to one million new homes. DCLG News Release 2006/0086
 * Wednesday, August 9 2006 - How well is your council doing at saving greenfield land? You can find out using CPRE's stopping sprawl campaign website. CPRE news release
 * Wednesday, August 2 2006 - Greenfield housing bonanza at odds with more sustainable direction for West Midlands warns CPRE. CPRE news release
 * Thursday, July 13 2006 - Government investigating ways to "strengthen the flood resilience of homes in areas of potential flood risk" - Government response to environmental audit committee report: sustainable housing. DCLG News Release 2006/0057
 * Tuesday, July 11 2006, Critics condemn government "fixation" with nuclear power.
 * Tuesday, June 20 2006 - MPs highlight sprawl threat from new government policy on housing. CPRE news release / Affordability and the Supply of Housing, CPRE Comment
 * Tuesday, June 20 2006 - Government encouraged by response to its New Growth Points Initiative, DCLG News Release 2006/0031 includes a listing of areas which have submitted growth proposals.
 * Monday, June 19 2006 - Friends of the Earth fear review of the planning system could pose major threat to communities and sustainable development. FoE press release

Comment

 * Wednesday, July 12 2006 - Build now, pay later: The Barker review of land-use planning has significant implications for the environment. David Blackman, The Guardian / Warehouse of the world: Out-of-town depots are an ugly blight on the landscape and will destroy our civic life, Tristram Hunt, The Guardian