- York to ban private car journeys from city centre within three years, Dec 31, 2019...[1]
- Net zero carbon neighbourhood to be built in south Wales, Dec 23, 2019...[2]
- Bristol council votes to ban diesel cars in first for a UK city, Nov 5, 2019...[3]
Jan-Sep 2019[edit | edit source]
Community parklets: Locals invited to apply as council reopens trial programme,Aug 7...[4]
Plymouth becomes the UK's first Fab City, Jul 1[5]
Marmalade Lane: the car-free, triple-glazed, 42-house oasis, May 8...[6]
Urban co-design for better wellbeing and health: Healthy New Town, Jan 9[7]
Cars, lorries and taxis to be banned from Tottenham Court Road, Jan 4...[8]
Oct-Dec 2018[edit | edit source]
Timpson says a locally-driven approach needed to rejuvenate high streets. Retail industry experts have called for a community-focused approach to tackling the challenges facing high streets and town centres. Dec 20[9]
- The government-appointed panel made up representatives from the retail, property and design sectors has published practical recommendations to reinvigorate town centres by creating a community hub which, alongside retail, includes leisure and social services and more residential property.
- The report puts community involvement and local leadership at the centre of a plan to create the town centres of the future.
Create Streets say: We don't want NIMBYs, but YIMBYs and BIMBYs (Y for "Yes", B for "Beautiful"), Oct 15[10]
Jan-Sep 2018[edit | edit source]
Government faces court action over 'illegal' planning policy, Sep 4[11]
This disastrous new project will change the face of Britain, yet no debate is allowed, George Monbiot, Aug 22...[12]
Government commits to further support for neighbourhood planning, Mar 19[13]
We could build more than a million homes on brownfield land… so why aren't we? Feb 28...[14]
People-powered housing: is it the answer to our housing crisis? Feb 23[15]
See also[edit | edit source]
- Urban sustainability UK news (latest), 2018-2019, 2013-2017
- Urban sustainability UK
- Urban sustainability news
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