Se lected headlines for more information consult the published issue Plans to devolve EP grant spending to the RDAs hit by a legal hitch which means that the agencies will have to channel their funding bids through EP until new legislation is enacted. Housing Minister Nick Raynsford has backed ideas to ease the greenbelt to promote housing around transport interchanges. Tougher policies on car-based developments are needed says MPs select committee. Town centres should have a strategic frameworks for successful management according to a Civic Trust report. Demolition is adding to the problems of abandoned housing in areas of low demand argues a Rowntree report.
Developers are to be asked to for public open space provision in Sheffield under a new policy.
A community vision should be the starting point for plans for areas according to a new urban design guide to be published this summer. Authors Kelvin Campbell and Rob Cowan highlight the key issues.