The Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) has welcomed the strengthening of climate change and green design policies in the draft London Plan. Read more
Over the past few months the LI has been conducting a communications survey of members’ views on the Journal, the online news service, websites and Talking Landscape. Details of the survey will be available later in the summer. Read more
The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) is looking for placemaking practitioners to take place in four focus groups that will help to shape a new skills analysis for the profession. Read more
The Solent Design Awards have been launched to find the best spaces, developments and buildings in South Hampshire that create a better place in which to live and work. Read more
A new cross-disciplinary group has been set up to help forge links between different sectors related to the built environment and to broaden understanding of the most pressing industry issues. Read more
A new report reveals that business leaders in biodiversity-rich developing economies are concerned about losses of ‘natural capital’. Read more
Open-City is asking all built environment professionals to get involved in its Summer Architecture Academy. Read more
CABE and the National Housing Federation have published an action plan on how to improve the quality of the green spaces on social housing estates. Read more
There is still time to put your scheme in the running for the best landscape project in the UK. Read more
Local authorities in England stand to lose a key source of income under proposals for the review of developer contributions, says the Landscape Institute. Read more