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Professor Matthew Carmona has been appointed as Special Advisor to the House of Lords inquiry into New Towns
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UCL Professor appointed as Special Advisor to the House of Lords
Professor Matthew Carmona from the Bartlett School of Planning has been appointed as Special Advisor to the House of Lords inquiry into New Towns: Building Communities
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November 6, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Professor Matthew Carmona has been appointed as Special Advisor to the House of Lords inquiry into New Towns
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Great to see planning represented on Cerys Matthews (interview starts at 2:05:50 mins) #WorldTownPlanningDay
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Cerys Matthews - Ace Records at 50 and planning towns - BBC Sounds
Cerys chats to founder members of Ace Records and talks town planning with Ruth Jackson.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Great to see planning represented on Cerys Matthews (interview starts at 2:05:50 mins) #WorldTownPlanningDay
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Cheltenham Borough, Gloucester City and Tewkesbury Borough councils are set to produce a design code for the three authority areas as part of the Strategic and Local Plan
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October 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Cheltenham Borough, Gloucester City and Tewkesbury Borough councils are set to produce a design code for the three authority areas as part of the Strategic and Local Plan
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Job: Senior Landscape and Urban Design Officer
Monmouthshire County Council
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Monmouthshire County Council
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Job Details - External - Monmouthshire
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October 25, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Job: Senior Landscape and Urban Design Officer
Monmouthshire County Council
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Monmouthshire County Council
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Draft Liverpool Housing Design Guide
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October 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Draft Liverpool Housing Design Guide
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Obituary: Eleanor Morris, pioneering feminist, town planner and academic
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Obituary: Eleanor Morris, pioneering feminist, town planner and academic
Eleanor Morris PhD, town planner. Born: November 14, 1935. Died: August 16, 2025, aged 89.
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October 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Obituary: Eleanor Morris, pioneering feminist, town planner and academic
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Going to be speaking about Side Road Zebras at this @livingstreets.bsky.social event at Uni Westminster with @maxsullivan.bsky.social and NRP. Riveting stuff. No, really!
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October 19, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Going to be speaking about Side Road Zebras at this @livingstreets.bsky.social event at Uni Westminster with @maxsullivan.bsky.social and NRP. Riveting stuff. No, really!
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Draft Shrewsbury Town Centre Design Code
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Draft Shrewsbury Town Centre Design Code | Get Involved - Shropshire Council Consultation Portal
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October 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Draft Shrewsbury Town Centre Design Code
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Prof Matthew Carmona: Designing new towns (on the edge)
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113. Designing new towns (on the edge)
New towns? Recently, I served on a fascinating all-day design review panel for the Chase Park and Crews Hill sites in Enfield. Just four days later – and entirely unrelated – the New Town…
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October 16, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Prof Matthew Carmona: Designing new towns (on the edge)
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Tender: Wealden District Design Guide
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In-Tend e-Procurement Solutions - delivering eTendering, contracts management, tender notification service and e-Auction tools to the public sector.
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October 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Tender: Wealden District Design Guide
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Children, young people and the built environment - House of Commons Library Research Briefing
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Children, young people and the built environment
The children, young people and the built environment briefing sets out the challenges facing children and young people in accessing formal and informal play spaces. It highlights the opportunities off...
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October 15, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Children, young people and the built environment - House of Commons Library Research Briefing
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Dorset Design Code survey
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The Dorset Design Code
We are working on a new Design Code for Dorset which will include rules and guidance for new developments.
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October 1, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Dorset Design Code survey
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Design Vision for Canterbury District: survey
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Design Vision for Canterbury District - Canterbury Newsroom
The council is asking residents for their views on the design of new development, to help shape the vision for a new Design Code for Canterbury District.
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October 1, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Design Vision for Canterbury District: survey
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RIP Sir Terry Farrell
September 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
RIP Sir Terry Farrell
East Suffolk Design Code: Expressions of Interest for Stage 1
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Expressions of Interest for East Suffolk Design Code -Stage 1 - Find a Tender
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August 29, 2025 at 7:20 AM
East Suffolk Design Code: Expressions of Interest for Stage 1
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In the week of what would have been Ian Nairn’s 95th birthday, the AJ is pleased to publish this update of Outrage – his epic howl against architectural mediocrity – written by his ghost (channelled by Ian Martin and Jason Hazeley)
Don’t look up: the ghost of Ian Nairn haunts 21st-century London
Don’t look up: the ghost of Ian Nairn haunts 21st-century London
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August 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
In the week of what would have been Ian Nairn’s 95th birthday, the AJ is pleased to publish this update of Outrage – his epic howl against architectural mediocrity – written by his ghost (channelled by Ian Martin and Jason Hazeley)
Job: Strategic Design Lead
Malvern Hills and Wychavon District Councils
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Malvern Hills and Wychavon District Councils
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Strategic Design Lead - Pershore job with Malvern Hills and Wychavon District Councils | 240255
Strategic Design LeadPermanent - 37 hours per week£49,282 – £53,460 per annumWychavon District Council is seeking an experienced and forward-thinking
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August 14, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Job: Strategic Design Lead
Malvern Hills and Wychavon District Councils
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Malvern Hills and Wychavon District Councils
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Draft Bassetlaw Design Code
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August 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Draft Bassetlaw Design Code
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The Urban Design of Sesame Street
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Video: The Urban Design of Sesame Street
In the 1960s, the children’s television show Sesame Street was being conceived at the same time that the urban design book “The Death and Life of Great American Cities” by Jane Jacobs was exploding in...
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July 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The Urban Design of Sesame Street
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The Quintessential Urban Design of Sesame Street
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The Quintessential Urban Design of ‘Sesame Street’
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July 28, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The Quintessential Urban Design of Sesame Street
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