Gareth Capner
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Homes are where its heart is
Building magazine on how the government is delivering much-needed housing. This government is the first for 15 years to be committed to a step change in housing, sustainable development and place-making. Its strategy took another important step forward last week when three major announcements were made.
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Get on with it
The key to planning reform is not to wait around for top-down change, says Gareth Capner. It is the people on the ground who need to get the ball rolling
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Don't do it Tony's way
The government knows what is wrong with the planning system and is trying to put it right. But are its solutions the right ones? Probably not, says Gareth Capner
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Planned obsolescence
The development industry believes Lord Falconer's planning green paper is ill thought-out and will, ironically, make planning applications even more complicated
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Planning's chink of light
The British planning system is in a terrible state – but Lord Falconer's reforms could mean there is light at the end of the tunnel
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Regeneration: Go for it, Gordon
Homeless families, hog-tied developers and economic weakness: all are products of our sclerotic planning system. Can Gordon Brown save us?
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Crowded house
Regeneration - Last week, the House Builders Federation warned that housing supply is at its lowest level for 50 years. Gareth Capner says it's time to admit brownfield is not enough