Great to see so many public and private sector partners from the 20 new garden village projects at induction event in Birmingham

Sharing learning from the Dunton Hills garden village project

Garry Legg from Carlisle Council talking about the local leadership and ambition underlining the St Cuthbert’s garden community

Great conversation this morning. Demonstrated that deliver6y of these large complex projects will need both public & private sector pulling together

At LiveLabs event at Aylesbury Garden Town. Fantastic project funded by ADEPT that is harnessing technology to improve lives of residents #smart communities

Integrating technology at Aylesbury Garden Town to enable better quality of life for older and vulnerable residents #smart communities

LiveLabs at Aylesbury Garden Town- joining the dots with mobility, energy, care to integrate and implement new technology to create great places #smart communities

Catching up on Kevin McCloud's Rough Guide to the Future programme. Intrigued by Babcock a new eco town in Florida - seemingly sitting amidst a sea of solar panels - babcockranch.com - and with an autonomous shuttle bus. Good lessons perhaps about thinking big!

Some allotment tasks lined up for this weekend. Glad to still have the last of the beetroot, chard & broccoli to supplement empty veg shelves in the supermarket!

.Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Gov “We applaud the ambition of the North Essex authorities and will consider whether this plan raises any questions for how large sites are examined in the future.” 2/2

…ignforebbsfleet-sustainabletravel.org Interesting reading about how Ebbsfleet Garden City is embedding sustainable transport measures

Thanks to Cherwell DC for leading a webinar on how the council is embedding healthy place-making in Bicester Garden Town. Their focus on close working with residents & creating great links for the community has been a huge benefit during covid times cherwell.gov.uk/info/260/bices…

Moving towards delivery...

Interesting research piece here on the challenges & interplay between housing, infrastructure & sustainable place-making thinkhouse.org.uk/site/assets/fi…

Check out these new job opportunities in the High Growth & New Settlements team at Homes England - civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cgi?…

Planning application submitted for garden village in West Oxfordshire supported under garden communities programme grosvenor.com/news-and-insig…

Handforth Garden Village moves towards delivery cheshireeast.gov.uk/council_and_de…

Manydown garden town reaches key milestone with outline planning application approved for 3520 homes, community facilities and business space basingstoke.gov.uk/rte.aspx?id=29…