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Peabody completes merger with new local focus

|Date: 4 April, 2023

Peabody completes merger with new local focus

Peabody and Catalyst have completed the final stage in their merger, creating a single not-for-profit org ...

Peabody and Catalyst have completed the final stage in their merger, creating a single not-for-profit organisation with over 104,000 homes and around 220,000 residents across London and the Home Count ...

4 April, 2023
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Skills boost for planning authorities to create better neighbourhoods

|Date: 21 March, 2023

Skills boost for planning authorities to create better neighbourhoods

More skilled planning professionals will be recruited by councils following a £1m funding boost from the ...

More skilled planning professionals will be recruited by councils following a £1m funding boost from the Government, announced by the Housing Minister. Social enterprise Public Practice will use the m ...

21 March, 2023
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Orbit launches Sustainable Finance Framework

|Date: 6 February, 2023

Orbit launches Sustainable Finance Framework

Orbit has launched its Sustainable Finance Framework, setting out a clear link between its financial and ...

Orbit has launched its Sustainable Finance Framework, setting out a clear link between its financial and funding strategy and its sustainable priorities for the future. Aligned with the International ...

6 February, 2023
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Masterplan to deliver new mixed-use community in Stafford approved

|Date: 23 January, 2023

Masterplan to deliver new mixed-use community in Stafford approved

Plans to deliver new homes, business, hotel, and leisure facilities in Stafford have progressed following ...

Plans to deliver new homes, business, hotel, and leisure facilities in Stafford have progressed following approval of a new masterplan. The endorsement by Stafford Borough Council’s Cabinet follows ex ...

23 January, 2023
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Watson Homes submit plans for 132 new homes at Radcliffe gateway site

|Date: 20 October, 2022

Watson Homes submit plans for 132 new homes at Radcliffe gateway site

Salford based builder Watson Homes, working with Great Places Housing Group, has submitted plans to build ...

Salford based builder Watson Homes, working with Great Places Housing Group, has submitted plans to build 132 new homes, 97 of which will be available for affordable tenures, on Green Street, Radcliff ...

20 October, 2022
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Plans for new sustainable community with acres of green space in Horwich approved

|Date: 6 October, 2022

Plans for new sustainable community with acres of green space in Horwich approved

Northstone’s plans for a sustainable and vibrant new community in Horwich have been given the go ahead by ...

Northstone’s plans for a sustainable and vibrant new community in Horwich have been given the go ahead by Bolton Council. The Council’s Planning Committee has approved Northstone’s plans for 208 energ ...

6 October, 2022
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Mears and Livin partnership to give Shildon estate a £6m revamp and new homes

|Date: 15 November, 2021

Mears and Livin partnership to give Shildon estate a £6m revamp and new homes

Mears and local housing provider Livin have embarked on a multi-million-pound project to regenerate a hou ...

Mears and local housing provider Livin have embarked on a multi-million-pound project to regenerate a housing estate in County Durham. Following extensive engagement with tenants, residents, owners, p ...

15 November, 2021
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Advice on designing places that promote good mental health

|Date: 12 October, 2020

Advice on designing places that promote good mental health

The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has published advice setting out how planners can create healthy ...

The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has published advice setting out how planners can create healthy communities that promote good mental health. Mental Health and Town Planning gives advice on h ...

12 October, 2020
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Special Report | We Make Places: Community minded

|Date: 14 June, 2019

Special Report | We Make Places: Community minded

Liverpool based placemaking and engagement specialist We Make Places has a long-term ambition to help red ...

Liverpool based placemaking and engagement specialist We Make Places has a long-term ambition to help redefine community involvement, and in particular the role that existing communities play in shapi ...

14 June, 2019
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Research finds that healthy placemaking could reduce costs and pressures on government and the NHS

|Date: 18 April, 2018

Research finds that healthy placemaking could reduce costs and pressures on government and the NHS

Design Council has launched its Healthy Placemaking research, which closely examines the public, and econ ...

Design Council has launched its Healthy Placemaking research, which closely examines the public, and economic benefits of healthy placemaking across the UK. The environments where we live and work hav ...

18 April, 2018
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