Britain’s biggest supermarket, Tesco, is being accused of trampling over local councils when pushing through its retail developments. Read full article. Continue reading →
Prince Charles’s latest experiment in community planning is inspired by a village in Florida. It hopes to transform UK housebuilding. Read more… Continue reading →
“But ministers insist that quality can be achieved cheaply. In an effort to secure better standards of housing design they have backed controversial design codes used on Poundbury, Prince Charles’s mock village in Dorset, and Seaside in Florida, the setting for the satirical film The Truman Show. Such codes are endorsed by the influential “new […] Continue reading →
“The government’s current planning policy, on which the decision was based, is aimed at avoiding an expansion of out-of-town shopping to reduce pollution caused by car journeys, and to protect existing town centres”. Read full article. Continue reading →