Urban & village design UK news

2010
	UK first country to confirm legislation to require all new homes to be zero carbon from 2016, with all other buildings to meet the standard from 2019. The amendments to building regulations announced today will come into force in October, giving builders 6 months to prepare. 12 March Communities and Local Government, 12 March 2010
	Tory plan to "give local people a real say in how to shape their area", February 23 The blue Blog, February 23rd, 2010 topic
2007
* Design manual aims to put well-designed residential streets at the heart of sustainable communities, Communities and Local Government, March 29
2006
100px	Potential of street markets being overlooked and undervalued, according to new research, September 11
* Government aiming to reduce planning restrictions on small-scale microgeneration equipment for people's homes. DCLG, June 8
* Government announce second phase of competition to challenge developers to deliver innovative low cost and low carbon housing, May 17
* CPRE asks: growth at what price in the South East?, March 29
*What future for suburbia? March 23
*Work starts on Manchester’s first urban water park, March 23
* Environmental protection must be part of solution to housing needs, Campaign to Protect Rural England, 15 March
* "Stronger" code for sustainable homes falls short - FoE, March 9
* CPRE argues for a strong 'brownfield first' approach, March 6 
* New planning pilots launched for large developments ODPM, January 24
2005
*Campaigners welcome plans to make developers pay towards communities, December 5
*MPs to look again at Sustainable Housing, October 20
*People not planners make public space, September 12
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