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Government setting high housing targets in areas with poor public transport
PRESS RELEASE: The highest housing targets are in areas with the lowest levels of public transport satisfaction.
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Joint letter calling for a new framework to limit congestion from new homes
LETTER: With partners, we are call for the Planning and Infrastructure Bill to include a new framework in planning law to limit congestion from new homes.
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Transport for New Homes responds to Planning and Infrastructure Bill
PRESS RELEASE: Responding to the publication of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill
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New housing developments like ‘a jigsaw with pieces missing’
PRESS RELEASE: A new report has concluded that a combination of wrong location, wrong transport and a lack of density is resulting in car dependent ‘tarmac’ housing estates which are increasing congestion and limiting housing choices.
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New “cowpat” housing developments are adding to traffic congestion and locking communities into car-dependency
PRESS RELEASE: New research has found that greenfield housing estates are adding hundreds of thousands of new car journeys to our roads, increasing congestion, carbon emissions and air pollution.
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Decarbonising Transport: land use planning is key
PRESS RELEASE: We welcome the positive language about getting people out of their cars onto public transport.
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Planning reforms risk adding “a tide of car traffic” to crowded roads, Housing Secretary told
PRESS RELEASE: New housing is being sited in places that cannot be served well by public transport, are inaccessible on foot or cycle and often have few or no local facilities.
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Our joint letter calling for planning reforms to include transport and accessibility
LETTER: With partners, we are calling for planning reforms to include transport and accessibility at an early stage of planning for new homes.
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Our joint letter to the Telegraph about high street planning
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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Green promises broken: Garden Villages and Garden Towns will be dominated by the car
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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Planning reform: we must steer away from car-dependent sprawl
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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Forced into car-dependence: report reveals new housing with scant public transport and nowhere to walk to
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.