Great to see this get the 'green' light. Only 5 years or so after the application went in...

It would have been a hoot.

I was going to suggest that they must remember the sequel, Live 8. But that was also 20 years ago...

I don't post much on here, I'm normally found on LinkedIn. But here's a link to a White Paper that I've recently co-authored.

land-tech.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/land.tec...

I'm running a webinar on this on Thursday. You can still sign up to attend if you're interested...

Hmm. Ok. That's demonstrably nonsense. I think we should leave it there.

Thanks for your considered response. I'm obviously not going to dignify it by presenting my evidence but if you want to look up how the design excellence or the heritage floor space provisions work in Sydney you'll see that its not nonsense..

I can't talk to your (US - I think?) perspective. I've seen FAR implemented to good outcomes when I worked in Sydney, and I see the UK system struggle without them here in England.

Policy limits on FAR allow for bonus incentives to to applied for certain outcomes (heritage conservation, design, affordable housing). Without the limit there is no lever.

#RomanSiteSaturday #MarchArch
Salona
Founded in Greek territory C3 BC, the city grew to c.60,000 with usual walls, forum, theatre, baths and this amphitheatre.

Became capital of Dalmatian Roman province under Julius Caesar. Birthplace of Diocletian.

Quiet site in hills above Split.

Every to do list should start with "write to do list", then you immediately have a sense of achievement.

The new GOV.UK login system is the first step in a radical transformation of the British state A British "DOGE" (of sorts) is rearchitecting the government

The new GOV.UK login system is the first step in a radical transformation of the British state (FREE TO READ!)

takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/login-to-a...

No second state visit for Trump This is UNBELIEVABLE. Keir Starmer has just handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. It’s totally unprecedented, and I was so outraged when I he...

Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...

A data-led approach to unlocking development opportunities with the Grey Belt Learn more about LandTech's latest analysis about the Grey Belt to understand what opportunities it may hold.

Here's a bit more information about the Grey Belt research that we've done at LandTech

land.tech/blog/a-data-...

If you'd like to know more join us for a webinar on Thursday.

Planning Reform Working Paper: Brownfield Passport This paper invites views on further action the government could take through the planning system to support the development of brownfield land in urban areas.

www.gov.uk/government/p...

This looks interesting. It recognises that most of suburbia is, in fact, under-utilised brownfield land.

Getting more certainty of outcome from the planning process might encourage some densification.

It's worked in Australian cities, can it work in British ones?

This sounds very good in theory - in fact it works very well in other places (Australia, for example). We've a long way to go in building trust in the process and outcome to make it work.

Was it the ouzo you were drinking at the time?

Great first day back after the summer today. At the Labour YIMBY Launch. Watch this space...

100 possible ‘grey belt’ plots identified in Kent for housing There may be 100 likely sites of ‘grey belt’ land in Kent that could be suitable for housing development, suggests a report, but where are they?

Some of our pre election research has featured in KentOnline.

www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/10...

We've got something in the pipeline to build on this research, watch this space.
#greybelt #greenbelt #planning

#firstpost
The Royal Town Planning Institute elections for the General Assembly and for the Vice President (i.e. the future #RTPI President) open today.

If you're an RTPI member this is your chance to have a say about the people who influence your institute.

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