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This is one way around #greenbelt golden rules:

According to this local authority, around half the cost of preparing a local plan is transport modelling (which is mainly car modelling).

The latest planning application statistics are out - and the number of homes consented has fallen again.

I love how this has become a case study in "A blueprint for modern digital government". There was some serious government hacking to make it happen.

Elon Musk was the best thing that happened to LinkedIn.

I'd agreed with everything here. But conservation areas are an exception.

We told them not to use Blocktype for the final design!

It doesn't have to be. We just need a more radical approach.

This is why we built Blocktype

This plot of land has been sitting empty for well over 10 years. It's 5 mins walk from station. This isn't #landbanking, it's a lack of incentive for land owners to do something more productive with it. This is where #landtax would really help.

One for the #architects and #surveyors: Does the NIA of an apartment block include the bathroom? Because according to RICS it doesn't. 🤔

Urban design 101: Whenever you have a building facing the public realm, you should add an access point. Not only does this create a good interface between the public and private spaces, it brings more life to the public space. This building fails at this.

Feels about right...

I've been hearing from lots of housing developers that they are reducing their housing targets, because they can't sell what they build. Can anyone corroborate?

The irony of the housing crisis in 2025 is that no one is building anymore.