The Future of Affordable Housing

The Future of Affordable Housing

Shelter’s Commission on the Future of Affordable Housing report (Building for our future, a vision for social housing) has brought social housing and the affordability agenda back into sharp focus. A lack of housing supply (amongst other factors) is identified in the...
Designing flood resilience into new developments

Designing flood resilience into new developments

Extreme weather events are becoming more commonplace in the UK. Over 50% of the record-breaking rainfall months since 1910 have occurred in the last 18 years. As the effects of climate change take hold, the number of UK households at significant risk of flooding will...
Two New London Planners at Iceni Projects

Two New London Planners at Iceni Projects

Iceni Projects has today (Thursday 10th January 2019) confirmed the appointments of Mairead Flower and Gregg Boyd as Senior Planners in their London office. Mairead Flower joins Iceni Projects’ Central London Planning team from RPS CgMs where she was responsible for...
A Politics First Approach to Planning

A Politics First Approach to Planning

Two years on from Mayor Andy Burnham’s promise to deliver a ‘radical’ re-write of the document, the revised Draft Greater Manchester Spatial Framework has been released ahead of an eight-week consultation. To what extent has Andy Burnham delivered on his promise and...