The Walrus
A sneak preview of the latest edition of the Construction Dictionary of Phrase and Fable…
All systems go
Some of the UK’s best housing developments were built before the current planning system came into force. Is it time to start asking whether we need one at all?
Affordable housing
A decade and a half of affordable housing policies* has not produced housing that is affordable. A thorough policy review is needed
Summer of planning
Objectives Overload
The planning system ultimately has only one tool at its disposal, granting or refusing planning permission. Not surprisingly, planners struggle to deliver th…
Neighbourly nightmares
The thing that puzzles me about this survey is how so many of us manage to hate our neighbours
Comment
As the prospect of climate change and dwindling oil supplies pervades the popular consciousness, it will increasingly affect the day-to-day operations of house…
Household drama
The government’s latest household projections indicate that we are approaching a collision between nimbies and those with the will to drive up housebuilding l…
