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‘We don’t want to be the next Brighton. And even if we did, we couldn’t be anyway’
How does a place like Hastings, a name known all over the world and one of Britain’s grandest resorts, get to be so run down that people can’t wait to leave? And what can it do to stop the rot? Stuart Macdonald visits a town fighting its greatest battle. Photographs ...
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Local authorities Leavers of power
There’s now huge competition for skilled staff in the regeneration sector and local authorities are having a hard time hanging on to the talent they have, says Stuart Macdonald
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Hemp batt insulation
NBT has launched a range of natural hemp batt insulation, which provides a high performance, ecologically sound solution.
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Hemp binders
Tradical® Hemp Lime products by Lhoist are made from a combination of patented formulations of air-lime based binders and the chopped woody core of the industrial hemp plant.
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Towards carbon zero
Dalkia has developed a range of energy services under the CarbonCare brand.
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Suspended ceiling solutions
Interior building products distributor CCF has extended its Treetex brand of suspended ceiling solutions.
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True Olympic colours
As a former chair of the Lee Valley Association, member of the one-time Hackney Lee Valley Forum and previous local allotment holder, I read with interest “Why the Olympic colours have to be green”, (Regenerate, June).
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Confessions of a Nimby
‘There is a lot of idiotic talk about how we have to be tolerant towards minority groups – an attitude I have always found patronising: I don’t want to tolerate anyone; I want to actively engage with them. ’
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Digest
This month: A2’s private deal, supercasinos, EP funding, house prices, rich/poor divide, and more
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Energy-saving flooring
Bramall Construction chose Tarmac Topfloor’s Heatsave Plus energy-saving flooring for four new residential developments in Halifax, Yorkshire.
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Otherwise engaged
More than 60% of citizens feel they have no influence over the decisions affecting their local areas. Will the planning white paper’s ‘duty to involve’ do anything to change this?
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Keeping it in the family
How can we ensure that high-density housing brings a variety of types and tenures – and doesn’t ignore the need for family homes? By Paul Wellings-Longmore
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Their planning gain - our loss
I read your article about the planning gain supplement being considered for projects across the UK (Regenerate, June).
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Give us the tools, Gordon
If local authorities are to drive housing supply, then they need their powers back, says Jon Rouse
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Whats going on in government
In taking over from Tony Blair as prime minister, Gordon Brown has been keen to make his own mark on government, and over the past month has announced a largely new cabinet, new departments and a legislative statement pre-empting the traditional Queen's speech. The latter included 23 bills for the ...
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A pale shade of green
The masterplan for the country’s first eco-town has recently been unveiled. Alas, it isn’t the step change in sustainable housing that’s needed to galvanise an entire industry, says Sam Henderson
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Heat pumps
Scotland’s Moray Housing Partnership has used Dimplex air source heat pumps in a trial to see how renewable energy and heat pumps could help improve comfort and reduce fuel bills for tenants.
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Solar water heating
Ideal Solar is the new energy-efficient solar water heating system from Ideal Stelrad.
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What’s working - sustainable homes
Where do today's sustainable housing projects figure in the race to achieve zero carbon? Josephine Smit reports
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Look what’s landed
The only thing that terrifies developers more than the idea that zero carbon homes could end up looking like an extraterrestrial des-res, is the thought that the technology may not even work.