Category: Intensification, infill, and regeneration

Move fast and make things

Posted Create StreetsPosted in Intensification, infill, and regeneration, Planning, land, and housing policy, Transport, mobility, walking and cycling

Nicholas Boys Smith explains what councils, particularly rural councils with greenbelt, need to do and do fast to avoid the risk of ugly and ill-located ‘housing by appeal’ If you live in England, particularly southern rural England in the green belt, then the weeks before Christmas 2024 witnessed the most important announcement for your neighbourhood’s […]

The mansard revolution: a little YIMBY victory

Posted Create StreetsPosted in Intensification, infill, and regeneration, Planning, land, and housing policy

Samuel Hughes, argues that we should preserve the new liberty to create mansards that ‘fit in’. Mansard roofs are such a familiar feature of British streetscapes that most people barely notice them. A mansard is a double-pitch roof which creates usable living space over nearly the entire area of the building. They cost somewhat more […]