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Reclaim the streets
The Department for Transport’s new Manual for Streets rewrites the rules for residential street design. About time too, says one of its authors, Ben Castell
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And so long Tony…
How did housing and regeneration add up during 10 years of Tony Blair? Stuart Macdonald does the sums…
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What’s working — living and learning
It’s not just about housing, is it? Ailing areas can only be transformed for good with jobs, safer streets, better schools and amenities. Josephine Smit reports
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Local Jobs for local people
At the heart of Rochdale's regeneration is job creation, says John Cardona – and what’s more, three-quarters of the jobs are to be filled locally
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Private housebuilders - The young ones
Mouth-watering offers are being made by housebuilders keen to lure talented young staff – skills in planning and affordable housing are most in demand.
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Well, hello gordon
If you’re surprised that Gordon Brown gave such priority to housing just weeks before entering Number 10, you shouldn’t be, says David Blackman. Our new prime minister has always seen it as key to tackling social injustice
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Engaging young souls
Your cover feature in the May issue on Defending Da Hood highlights some of the issues in our community that I am passionate about resolving. That is part of the reason why I set up The Soul Project, to give something back to the community. The Soul Project is a ...
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Digest
This month: the NAO set to look at planning delays, housebuilder merger, first for Berkeley First
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Why the olympic colours have to be green
The sustainability credentials of the games depend on a number of core themes. Here, Rory Brooke outlines how these themes are made real by on-the-ground projects
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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? no, it’s superagency
As acting chief executive of the Housing Corporation, Steve Douglas is busy helping set up the superagency Communities England. In his first interview since getting the job, he tells Stuart Macdonald about some of the new quango’s heroic missions
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The planning white paper: is it any good?
If you want a verdict on the government’s planning white paper, ask a planning consultant. Guy Flintoft says he welcomes the tone but worries about the details…
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Be realistic about planning
It is vital that the new National Housing and Planning Advice Unit (Regenerate, May, page11) avoids simplistic assumptions about the relationship between house prices and how many homes are built.