All articles by David Blackman – Page 30
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Archive TitlesLet’s play ...Nimby!
With a slashed majority and a possibly imminent change of leadership, New Labour is looking distinctly wobbly. What better time, then, for the opposition to start playing party politics with housing and regeneration – especially now that being anti-development is such a vote-winner?
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NewsMiliband gives ultimatum to housebuilders
Communities secretary David Miliband has told housebuilders that he can only deliver further planning reforms if they guarantee greater supply.
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EP scraps London-Wide Initiative after two years
Developers left furious as building programme aimed at driving down house prices in Greater London ends
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NewsLivingstone plans to seize control of Thames Gateway
London mayor aims to bring Gateway regions of Thurrock and Dartford under Greater London Authority umbrella
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Housing experts warn of growth areas ‘unravelling’
A Building investigation reveals South-east growth area plans are under fire
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NewsMiliband calls in EP to save new deal projects
Communities minister David Miliband has sent in English Partnerships to rescue the government’s failing flagship regeneration programme.
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NewsGrowth areas must deliver or lose grants, declares Rouse
Funding will be restricted to regions that are pushing through housing provision, says boss of Housing Corporation
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ODPM man to drive eastern housing supply
The government has parachuted in its most senior planning reform official to oversee efforts to increase housing in the east of England.
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Housing chief speaks out over ‘cheap’ new homes
New boss of National Housing Federation singles out government’s ‘short-termism’ for criticism at conference
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NewsTreasury stalls plan to bring in Milton Keynes ‘roof tax’
Whitehall is concerned that English Partnerships’ plan to borrow £60m will transgress public spending rules
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Private bidders lose out on housing grant
The bulk of the bids for social housing grant that were thrown out by the Housing Corporation were from private developers.
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Archive TitlesGoing for gold
Seventeen days. A 500-acre site. £8.3bn worth of construction. The 2012 Olympics will make over a corner of east London with sports arenas, an athletes’ village and all the other buildings needed to host a major international sporting event. In the process, speculators from Hackney homeowners to large-scale landowners stand ...
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Minister to make planning more responsive to market
Housebuilders welcome Yvette Cooper’s plan to overhaul of PPG3 and force councils to release land for housing
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The end of the road is nigh
The government has been going full throttle for housing growth, but will the struggle to find funding for the infrastructure bring its plans to a screeching halt?
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London prepares to make the best of Olympic failure
Councils draw up alternative masterplan for Lower Lea Valley for use if London fails to win 2012 games
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How to play Quangómon
Urban regeneration in this country is undertaken, regulated, facilitated, funded or organised by a bewildering variety of quasi-autonomous beasties, all with their own peculiar powers and roles. Here’s a guide to who does what to whom, together with a handy set of contacts and phone numbers. By David Blackman, illustrations ...
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Demolition row
A couple of years ago, a consensus formed among Whitehall, local government, business and public opinion that the only thing to do with large areas of urban blight in the North and Midlands was to knock it down and start again. This was expressed in the Sustainable Communities Plan, and ...
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NewsUrban guru plans US-style regeneration pilot
Prince Charles’ American urban design adviser wants to use an ODPM-backed regeneration initiative to demonstrate how a planning technique established in the US can improve the quality of life in Britain’s cities.
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FeaturesThe future
Assuming the polls are right and Labour wins the election, there are still several major obstacles remaining.