The new Government has announced that it will embark on a journey back to an effective approach to strategic planning with an ambition to have…
The new Government has announced that it will embark on a journey back to an effective approach to strategic planning with an ambition to have…
As we approach the time for another election, the temptation is to try to turn the so-called housing ‘crisis’ into a partisan issue. Each party…
I agree with the commentary that Richard Rogers, our favourite British architect, was a giant. But I did cross swords with him once – the…
This post first appeared at Orcop.com Unexpected floods, storms and fires, throughout the world has prompted me to make the point that the future must…
Now we have a new government, one of the pressing issues with which it must deal, much talked of during the election campaign, is the…
So-called ‘sustainable development’… is meaningless drivel James Lovelock To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.Buckminster Fuller During the past…
“If you make more roads, you will have more traffic.” Jan Gehl When I started writing this piece, I expected to be able to limit…
“Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist.” Richard Nixon There doesn’t seem to be any…
“Simplify your life. Don’t waste the years struggling for things that are unimportant. Don’t burden yourself with possessions. Keep your needs and wants simple and…
The world is full of clusters. They have been around since the beginning of time. They can be seen from both top down and bottom…
This post first appeared as a column in Town & Country Planning magazine… When I bought my house a few years ago, on the edge…