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Why ‘dangerous’ office-to-residential permitted development rights must stop

Levitt Bernstein has launched an online petition to end permitted development rights for office-to-residential conversions. Julia Park explains why this “dangerous policy” has to go, in this excerpt from her report

“Help me shape it”

A transcript of Christine Murray’s opening address at the inuagural Festival of Place on 9 July, 2019 with photography by John Sturrock

Nearness, wildness, secretiveness and possibility: developing the ideal space for play

Adults’ desire for safety, order and visibility strongly contrasts with children’s desire for disorder and loose play materials, writes Marianne Mannello of Play Wales and Jen Heal of the Design Commission for Wales

Net-zero target: “As an industry we must not sit on our hands”

Sustainable new buildings isn’t enough, writes Basil Demeroutis, managing partner at FORE Partnership. We must make existing buildings green

Can cycling save the high street?

The people who spend the most in their local shops are walking and cycling, not in cars. That has big implications for our high streets and how they should be designed, writes David Taylor

Segregated play: the right to play is for every child, regardless of where they live

Excluding poorer children from playgrounds is social apartheid. Four distinct policy changes would stop this, writes Adrian Voce

The biggest risks are the ones we never talk about

If development, design and government doesn’t join forces, unite as a powerful lobby and face the challenges ahead, we may stumble into a future in which the real value of everything we’ve built is nothing, writes Christine Murray

Developers, we have an image problem

The public don’t trust, or indeed respect, developers, and this is negatively impacting urban discourse, writes Colm Lacey, chief executive of Brick by Brick

How new cycle tech is reshaping our cities

E-bikes and scooters are transforming our buildings and cities, but policy is not keeping up, writes David Taylor

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