Planning & Design Director Formerly - University of Manchester Urban Design & Town Planning Masters.
Joined January 2019
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For the past three months, @paulpowlesland has been a marked man – pursued by anonymous officials at England’s Environment Agency for the unlikely crime of cleaning a river without a licence
Powlesland tells @mattotele that, if they were able to put him in prison, he would serve his sentence, "then I would come out and I would do exactly the same thing again" ⤵️
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Why does the area surrounding a CENTRAL LINE STATION look like the rural countryside???? I want towers with 10 floors surrounding that station on all sides
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Almost a quarter of local authorities in England did not grant a single permission for self- and custom-build housing over the year to October 2024, according to the government’s latest figures.
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We have far fewer homes relative to our population size than other European countries.
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They said it couldn’t be done.
First social housing built in the city centre in over 40 years 🏡
Boddingtons Brewery is a symbol of the city manchestereveningnews.co.uk/…
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50% of this would have been social housing.
Nearly 10,000 households are on Wandsworth’s council waiting list at the moment…
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Having delivered the building but left the trailer unit it came on behind! #floatybuildingshit
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Wages growing faster than prices. Jobs up. Inflation down. Interest rates down. NHS waiting lists down. Houses and infrastructure unblocked. Free breakfast clubs rolling out. National Living Wage increasing. National Minimum Wage increasing. Defence spending increased. 2 million more NHS appointments delivered. Housebuilding to be at the highest level in 40 years. People to be £500 a year better off.
The Tories blocked change for Britain. My Labour government is delivering it.
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Literally elected you to make these decisions for me, not to outsource them to Busybody Bill and Nitpicking Nora, the most unhinged people in the neighbourhood
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Some shocking stats from @CavConsult in its review of London planning committees' 2024 performance, with Islington not determining a *single home* at committee, despite an annual housing target of 2,460 homes. Expect that 83% #HousingDeliveryTest score to plunge this year!
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We live in the world’s greatest city and we should no longer be building anything less than six storeys within 800m of suburban stations—and right on top of them, taller.
Character evolves over time.
We need to get used to it.
NEW: The latest on the plans for new homes by High Barnet tube barnetsociety.org.uk/plannin…
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Swale Council is cutting its playground budget to fund opposition to new homes and schools. This is shameful behaviour and an appalling use of public money.
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Second Home Simon enjoys a luxurious pad in Notting Hill and a weekend bolt hole in Wales, but woe betide anyone else who would like just one single home to call their own.
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😳 The Green Party's budget is enough to make Thatcher blush
✂️ They're cutting the new council housing pipeline by over 2,000 homes AND selling off hundreds more
🚫 Shameful actions from a party that has consistently opposed new housebuilding.
👉 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitio…
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My inbox is full from constituents unable to get a house via @Cherwellcouncil waiting list.
I'll keep fighting for them even if the administration won't.
A Councillor has warned the amount of new housing the Cherwell District is expected to deliver “is in danger of overwhelming our local communities”. But Banbury's MP has defended the numbers.
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Let’s talk about mirror towns.
They're a way to build homes where the transport infrastructure to support them already exists.
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"Iconic Edinburgh scrapyard" 😂😂
Plans to demolish iconic Edinburgh scrapyard for student flats set to be refused edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edi…
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This is exactly why Judicial Reviews need to be reformed. Just because you don't like an particular outcome doesn't mean that the process was improper. Hopefully we can soon put an end to this mischievous, costly nonsense.
CPRE Kent has set up a CrowdJustice page to help fund its challenge to the govt’s decision to permit a housing development in the High Weald National Landscape. We aim to hit £2,500 by Feb 27. If you can help, please click here: crowdjustice.com/case/nation…
Thank you.
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We are going further and faster to deliver the government’s Plan for Change, to kickstart economic growth and put more pounds in people’s pockets.
Today @RachelReevesMP will unveil plans for the Oxford-Cambridge Growth Corridor that will boost the economy by up to £78bn by 2035.
