13/10/2021
Glasgow translates from Gaelic as “place of the green hollow”, which over the years has been adapted as “dear green place”. I had always been told that this was because of the number... Read more
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06/10/2021
This November, the pivotal COP26 climate talks will take place in Glasgow. These will set a pathway for the global community for years to come. All eyes will be on the UK for a positive lead... Read more
29/09/2021
Welcome to the 2021 edit of the Iceni Yearbook, our 7th edition. Despite the obvious, we’ve actually a good deal to review, which highlights how all of us have knuckled down and pushed ... Read more
22/09/2021
As our colleague Lucy Williams looked at last week, the retain and retrofit agenda is well and truly in play now in the world of development management. It’s important to remember, when co... Read more
15/09/2021
Back in 2007 the president of the AIA claimed, ‘The greenest building is … one that is already built’.
This statement draws on the principle that adapting and reusing an existing bu... Read more
08/09/2021
Self and custom-build housing was first introduced as a market segment to be taken seriously by the Coalition Government in November 2011. Since then, we have had the introduction of the Sel... Read more
01/09/2021
The issue of fire safety has rarely been far from the news since the Grenfell Tower tragedy in June 2017. Politicians, developers and residents of the numerous existing developments found to... Read more
25/08/2021
There are few parts of planning and development that suffer more in the PR stakes than Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).
Overly long documents, expensive, complicated and impenetrable... Read more
18/08/2021
Nutrients are essential to the maintenance and growth of our ecosystems and enabling organisms to flourish. However, in this instance, it is possible to have too much of a good thing…
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