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urban development

How residents in Chatham are pulling their decaying high street out of a crisis
Community

How residents in Chatham are pulling their decaying high street out of a crisis

Intra Community Trust started by giving public space a makeover and has big regeneration plans
Labour promises 'biggest building boom in a generation' in reform of UK's planning system
Labour deputy prime minister Angela Rayner in construction gear
Planning

Labour promises 'biggest building boom in a generation' in reform of UK's planning system

Here's how Labour can work with 'NIMBYs' to fulfil its 1.5m homes promise
Housing in the UK
Liz Williams

Here's how Labour can work with 'NIMBYs' to fulfil its 1.5m homes promise

Meet the 83-year-old activist who's fought gentrification for 50 years – and is still going strong
Activism

Meet the 83-year-old activist who's fought gentrification for 50 years – and is still going strong

Patrick Geddes saved Edinburgh from demolition. We're still learning from him after 100 years
Edinburgh

Patrick Geddes saved Edinburgh from demolition. We're still learning from him after 100 years

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Could banning cars turn London's Oxford Street from 'hell' into paradise?
London

Could banning cars turn London's Oxford Street from 'hell' into paradise?

Housing estate residents fear their family homes being bulldozed to make way for 'gentrification'
Housing

Housing estate residents fear their family homes being bulldozed to make way for 'gentrification'

Labour must urgently tackle land banking to have any hope of solving UK's housing crisis
Housing

Labour must urgently tackle land banking to have any hope of solving UK's housing crisis

Housing developments are worsening the healthcare crisis. Here's how
Housing

Housing developments are worsening the healthcare crisis. Here's how

European cafe culture and green, public spaces: A look at the not-too-distant future of UK cities
Skyline illustration
Town planning

European cafe culture and green, public spaces: A look at the not-too-distant future of UK cities

John Bird: Any cry to slow London's pace of change has fallen on deaf ears
John Bird

John Bird: Any cry to slow London's pace of change has fallen on deaf ears

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