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Where is the digital planning revolution?

The potential for using technology to improve planning is huge, but progress is slow. Paul Smith explains what needs to happen to speed things up.

We don’t just need funding for adaptations – we need policy to drive delivery of new accessible homes too

By Christina McGill

Government must strike the right balance between adaptations and new build, argues Christina McGill

The green belt has fuelled our housing crisis – so why is Labour reluctant to give it up altogether?
By Simon Cox
Finally – we have government policy to help prevent homes overheating
By Matthew Scott
Housing is just as crucial to the success of Ox-Cam arc as science and technology
By Steve Brett
How the National Housing Bank is changing the financing landscape for social housing
By Gary Grigor and Rachel Dros
Good quality development will depend on councils getting their local plans right
By Anthony Okereke
Tackling the intransigent opposition of local groups to development
By Ben Derbyshire
Time to question assumption social housing is procured via a tax on developments
By David Rudlin
Why housing associations are essential to tackling worklessness
By Fiona Fletcher-Smith
Will government’s aspirations for good design be derailed by under-resourced planning departments?
By Denise Chevin
What will 2026 mean for housing associations’ development capacity?
By Paul Hackett
Why it’s so important to change the public perception of new towns
By Brian Yates
Reflections on a year of pivotal change for housing
By Gavin Smart