Urban & village design UK news

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 * Monday, September 11 2006 - Potential of street markets being overlooked and undervalued, according to new research.
 * Thursday, June 8 2006 - Government aiming to reduce planning restrictions on small-scale microgeneration equipment for people's homes. DCLG News Release 2006/0021
 * Wednesday, May 17 2006 - Government announce second phase of competition to challenge developers to deliver innovative low cost and low carbon housing.
 * Wednesday. March 29 2006, CPRE asks: growth at what price in the South East?
 * Thursday, March 23 2006
 * What future for suburbia?
 * Work starts on Manchester’s first urban water park.
 * Wednesday, 15 March 2006, Environmental protection must be part of solution to housing needs, CPRE. Campaign to Protect Rural England News release
 * Thursday, 9 March 2006, "Stronger" code for sustainable homes falls short - FoE
 * Monday, March 6 2006 - CPRE, the Campaign to Protect Rural England, argues for a strong 'brownfield first' approach. CPRE news release
 * January 24 2006 - New planning pilots launched for large developments
 * Campaigners welcome plans to make developers pay towards communities, December 5 2005
 * MPs to look again at Sustainable Housing, October 20 2005
 * People not planners make public space, September 12 2005

Comment

 * New Start editorial August 16 2006, Last week I spent an enjoyable hour talking about a shopping centre in Wigan. Seriously.
 * New Start editorial June 14 2006, Teenagers have a way of making advice sound moronic. Tell them to remember to take their lunch, bus fare, sick note or whatever to school and they’ll reply, ‘well, durrr’ in that tone of voice reserved for imbeciles, before exiting the house leaving it behind.
 * New Start editorial February 15 2006 - Buildings, both the elegant and inspiring ones and the ugly ones, impose their presence on a community. Line the Thames with discount warehouse sheds and you’ll facilitate a discount warehouse mentality.