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Category Archives: Development/Land-Use
Forest Village #4: The Reality
So we had imagined (previous post) a medium-density self-sustaining new settlement, planned for pedestrians and bicycles, in which residents could live surrounded by the trees, plants and wildlife of their own forest, which the process of development had not only … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture/Design, Development/Land-Use
Tagged Center Parcs, development, Forest Village, land-use
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Forest Village #3: The Concept
When the Forest Village concept was set out on paper, the accepted ideal minimum size for a new settlement or urban extension was around 2,000-3,000 homes – large enough to sustain a useful hub of local services, including a primary … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture/Design, Development/Land-Use
Tagged density, development, Eco-Towns, Forest Village, land-use, sustainability, walkability, walkable
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Forest Village #2: Houses and Trees
I will explain the real origin of Forest Village later, but I was prompted to write it down after reading another think-piece about houses and trees, by Mischa Balen, then of the Adam Smith Institute. The article ran in Planning … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Smith Institute, development, Forest Village, land-use, Mischa Balen, sustainability
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Self-Building Bridges
In a previous post I suggested that mainstream commercial developers and the major house-builders regard selling development land as serviced self-build plots as nothing more than a lot of hassle and a lost profit margin – and that the new … Continue reading
Posted in Development/Land-Use
Tagged Community Right to Build, consensus/support, demand, development, house-builders, housing delivery, local services, NPPF, planning, policy, value
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Self-Build: The Price is Right
As described in the previous posts, the new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) places local authorities under a duty to assess and cater for the demand for self-build land in their area. East Staffordshire seem to be the first off … Continue reading
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Tagged demand, East Staffordshire, housing delivery, NPPF, policy, residual value, self build, value
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Self Build: First Off the Blocks?
And just in case you thought the idea of Local Authorities assessing the demand for self-build land in their area, and then catering for that demand, sounds far-fetched (see previous post), take a look at this.
Posted in Development/Land-Use
Tagged demand, East Staffordshire, Grant Shapps, housing delivery, NPPF, policy, self build
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The NPPF: A Game-Changer for Self Build?
There was a flurry of Tweet-traffic last week around the launch of Housing Minister Grant Shapps’ new self-build initiative. Regular readers may recall I wrote about this a couple of times last year – including this post where I suggested … Continue reading
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Tagged Building Design, Grant Shapps, housing delivery, NPPF, policy, self build
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Challenging Times for Affordable Housing
I attended a very good event on the future of affordable housing in Norfolk last week, hosted by Saffron Housing. Chief Executive Adam Ronaldson gave a sobering account of the impact that the credit crunch and recent government policy are … Continue reading
Posted in Development/Land-Use
Tagged affordable housing, CIL, development, house-builders, housing delivery, Localism Bill, policy, Saffron Housing
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On the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF)
Earlier this week I was asked by a journalist from Building Design ‘what does the NPPF mean for architects?’ This caught me on the hop, despite the fact that I’ve been meaning to write something on the NPPF for some … Continue reading
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Tagged Building Design, design quality, Frettenham, GNDP Joint Core Strategy, land-use, NPPF, planning, policy, settlement pattern, sustainability
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