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Category: Media and press

  • Our joint letter to the Telegraph about high street planning

    Our joint letter to the Telegraph about high street planning

    18 January 2021

    LETTER: We urge the Government to think again about its proposals to allow high street businesses to be changed to housing without full planning permission.

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    Posted in: Media and press, News, Planning
  • Green promises broken: Garden Villages and Garden Towns will be dominated by the car

    Green promises broken: Garden Villages and Garden Towns will be dominated by the car

    15 June 2020

    PRESS RELEASE: Far from being vibrant, green communities, Garden Villages and Garden Towns are at high risk of becoming car-dependent commuter estates.

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    Posted in: Buses, Climate change, Cycling, Design, Garden communities, Media and press, News, Planning, Public transport, Rail, Trams, Walking
  • Planning reform: we must steer away from car-dependent sprawl 

    Planning reform: we must steer away from car-dependent sprawl 

    29 October 2019

    PRESS RELEASE: Our country needs more homes. What we don’t need is more sprawling, car-dependent estates far from town centres and public transport links.

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    Posted in: Climate change, Media and press, News, Planning, Public transport
  • Forced into car-dependence: report reveals new housing with scant public transport and nowhere to walk to

    Forced into car-dependence: report reveals new housing with scant public transport and nowhere to walk to

    24 October 2018

    PRESS RELEASE: A report by Transport for New Homes has revealed deep flaws in the planning system which leave new housing developments with inadequate walking, cycling and public transport connections to surrounding areas. With limited facilities locally, residents are for the most part forced into car-dependency. 

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    Posted in: Active travel, Buses, Cycling, Media and press, News, Parking, Planning, Public transport, Rail, Research, Trams, Transport for New Homes, Walking, Wheeling
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