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"The cough develops again and its grown" – The impact of air pollution

In a film commissioned by TRUUD, Shakar and his family explain the impact of traffic noise and pollution on the health and wellbeing of their families

"I feel stressed in this house" – The impact of damp

In a film commissioned by TRUUD, Kadra and Wendy explain the impact of damp on the health and wellbeing of their families

"I fell asleep at school" – The impact of overcrowding

In a film commissioned by TRUUD, Samuel explains the impact of overcrowding on the health of his two young sons

Fabrications: Using knitted artworks to challenge developer narratives

Artist Sam Meech chronicles the displacement and erasure of South Asian textile workers at Crusader Mill and shares the knitted artworks created in response

My Place Finsbury Park

A film about My Place, which employs local young people (aged 13-18) to be trained as researchers, advocates and leaders for the diverse communities they represent

These Are Homes: The flats produced through Permitted Development Rights

Photographer Rob Clayton exposes the living conditions in PDR homes as part of the TCPA’s Healthy Homes campaign, which has tabled the Healthy Homes principles as amendments to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill

Lockwood Way: Transforming an industrial estate

A short documentary explores the impact of We Made That’s modest interventions to an industrial estate on Blackhorse Lane in Walthamstow to make it a more appealing place to work and visit. Film by Jim Stephenson

The Muse Way: How partnership working breathed new life into Lewisham GatewaySponsored feature

Job opportunity (Now Closed): Play a key role in enabling the development and delivery of regeneration in Belfast Sponsored by Belfast City Council

We can save the planet one Environmental Product Declaration at a timeSponsored by Vestre

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High Hopes: Voices from the streets of Lewisham

Lewisham resident Stewart Morgan Hajdukiewicz presents a documentary film in the tape/slide tradition, photographed and recorded in October 2021

Harlow homes: How PDR destroys local communities and builds Britain's worst housing

Permitted Development Rights allow developers to bypass community consultation and planning standards to build homes. This film by Simon Mercer visits Harlow where 51% of new homes were office conversions under PDR in 2018/2019

Places for girls

With 80% of public spaces taken over by boys, how do we create spaces for girls? In this film, young women at a Hackney secondary school reveal what they need from their city

Marmalade Lane

In this film, the designers, developers and residents reflect on the development of Marmalade Lane in Cambridge, the UK’s largest cohousing project

Building community: Granby’s Winter Garden

This 360 film documents the making of Granby’s Winter Garden accompanied by the voices of Four Streets

Placetest Gillett Square

This "almost historic" regeneration project stands at a crossroad. Will its unique culture be lost?

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Shortlist for The Pineapples 2024 awards announced

The 2024 shortlist for The Pineapples awards for place has been announced with 88 projects in the running for a golden pineapple for their contribution to place

Childhood inquiry: Call for 20mph neighbourhoods, Child Impact Assessments, and a play sufficiency duty on all councils

The government needs to take a coordinated, cross-departmental approach to deliver a built environment suitable for children, reads a joint statement supported by two dozen leaders in health, housing, child’s play and planning. Christine Murray reports

“It’s about feeling really good.” How social impact is being measured at Brent Cross Town

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