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Why we wrote a new framework for SuDS compliance – tell us what you think

A staggering 97 in every 100 planning decisions fall below the threshold for mandatory SuDS compliance. The cumulative impact of this policy gap does real harm – here’s how to bridge it, writes Paul Davis

Why we wrote a new framework for SuDS compliance – tell us what you think

A staggering 97 in every 100 planning decisions fall below the threshold for mandatory SuDS compliance. The cumulative impact of this policy gap does real harm – here’s how to bridge it, writes Paul Davis

Participatory building: Civic Square wins planning for co-build community hub in Birmingham

Plans for the Neighbourhood Public Square in Ladywood include a 200-seat theatre, library of things, workspaces, makerspace and print studio in disused factory and depot

A 40-tonne steel experiment: Breathing new life into an Oxford Street icon

How a 1937 department store sent its steel to a project on the other side of London

Place-based Budget to revive high streets and boost social housing

Reaction is mixed for Budget, but we should welcome its attempt to secure long-term local investment into high streets and city centres – for devolved, mayoral zones at least, writes Christine Murray

New study shows some school gates are safer than others

London has the worst record for school road safety in analysis from Scrap Car Comparison which counts every road collision within 250m of schools from 2021 to 2025

“I'm not prepared to accept that we can’t afford to build as well as we once did”

If our current system cannot support housing projects that are both viable and ambitious, we need to recalibrate, writes Jas Bhalla

Barking & Dagenham approves plans for 100% affordable homes at Crowlands Heath Golf Course

One of London’s 95 gold courses takes one step closer to being turned from ’Holes to Homes’

opportunities

Buckinghamshire Council seek partners for Aylesbury Town Centre redevelopment

The programme is a housing-led 10-year regeneration programme [Deadline 19 November 2026]

New Forest National Park Authority seeks consultant for Green Link study

Studies across four locations are expected to highlight ideas to connect areas inside and out of the National Park [Deadline 9 November 2026]

Birmingham City Council seek a researcher for a Healthy Streets study

The ethnographic study will assist in exploring car dependency issues in Birmingham [Deadline 29 October 2026]

Council seeks design team for Sheffield Town Hall refurbishment

Sheffield City Council are looking to appoint a design team to deliver RIBA stage 2–7 [Deadline 5 November 2026]

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council seek lead designer for a special school

The designer will lead the transformation of a former adult day centre into a KS3-KS4 space [Deadline 10 November 2026]

Conservation Engineer sought by Newry, Mourne & Down District Council for derelict church

St Paul’s Church ruins and Crag Cemetery require significant restoration to allow community use [Deadline 6 November 2026]

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podcasts

Homesick: What happens when London's affordability crisis meets the climate crisis?

Journalist Peter Apps discusses the changing demographics of the capital and how the lack of ...

Participatory building: How community construction takes engagement to a new level

Working in collaboration with charity Global Generation, Jan Kattein Architects has been building ...

Neuroarchitecture: Design for the unconscious mind

Professor Nick Tyler discusses his experiments at UCL’s PEARL laboratory uncovering the hidden ...

Design by AI: Why we need to hack the algorithm

Amid dystopian predictions, the fact that AI tends towards the typical, standard and normative ...

If we want to create inclusive, supportive and safe places, we can't ignore trauma

Olaide Oboh, director of mixed-use developer Socius, speaks about trauma-informed practice and why ...

Purple pounds: Designing for the deaf and disabled

Disability urban strategist Amanprit Arnold speaks about the growing role of technology in ...

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films

“Detrimental to my sense of home”: Lessons from a social housing retrofit

Our Parks Too: “Don’t girls belong in public space?”

Family journeys to school: "It's life or death sometimes"

placetests

Placetest: Brighton’s high streets

What is it like to live here – to be part of its history and its future? Anthropologist Dr Muriel ...

Placetest: Park Hill, Sheffield

What is it like to live here – to be part of its history and its future? Anthropologist Dr Muriel ...

Placetest: Folkestone

Investment in the arts, town and Harbour Arm has spearheaded the regeneration of this coastal town ...

Placetest: Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

Anthropologist Caroline Bennett speaks to locals with photography by John Sturrock

Placetest: New Poundbury

Its Royal patron makes Poundbury the focus of much attention, and the development is not even ...

Placetest: Nine Elms

What is the experience of this nascent place and its people? Anthropologist Caroline Bennett visits ...

Placetest: Liverpool One

In this exclusive placetest, anthropologist Rebecca Toop explores the user experience of ...

Placetest: King's Crescent Estate

Placetest King’s Crescent Estate: A part-demolished estate in Stoke Newington is enjoying an ...

Placetest: MediaCityUK

Placetest MediaCityUK: What is it like to live and work in Peel’s MediaCityUK and has it brought ...

Placetest: King’s Cross

Placetest King’s Cross: How does it work, who is there – and who isn’t? How does the masterplan ...

talks & events

“Climate resilience is an investment decision”

Our understanding of climate resilience is maturing as threats come into view, but we must be ...

Designing for legacy: “Place is not something that's delivered at completion, it's already there”

Experts say collaboration and being proactive in your design key to the longevity of a place

Building archaeology: “When used well, it can actively contribute to better places and better placemaking"

Speakers at Festival of Place Bytesize say the benefits of historic fabric are often overlooked; ...

“Don’t treat soils like dirt” say experts highlighting waste on construction sites

In one teaspoon of soil, there are more living organisms than people on the planet and yet we ...

A brand-new seafront for less than a footballer’s wages

It’s not an easy task to stretch the flood defence grants but with an integrated team, you can get ...

Rain gardens: “It's not just an engineering solution. It's also landscape. It’s biodiversity”

If the street is going to be dug up, then you should get as many positives out of the disruption as ...

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