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Opinion: Is planning becoming more top-down or bottom up?
Mark Edgerley looks at plans to strengthen aspects of strategic planning, from neighbourhood planning to mayoral authorities.

Opinion: Adapt places and buildings for the climate damage that's now inevitable
Our combined response to the climate emergency is too little, too late to prevent serious negative impacts, so we need to be working on adaptation, writes Chris Brown.

Opinion: We need better data about the performance of cities to drive climate action
Cities have a key part to play in combatting climate change and data can help highlight their individual challenges and provide the catalyst for tackling them, writes Alexis Haass.

Opinion: The conundrum of developer contributions
Australia and the UK have their own planning law and requirements around developer contributions, but serious conflicts can arise in both countries, writes Tim Williams.

Opinion: Successful communities are about more than bricks and mortar
New neighbourhoods can thrive on the wide-ranging benefits that effective stewardship can bring, writes Roger File.

Opinion: Planned changes to the CPO system hold promise for regeneration
Proposals in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill aimed at facilitating compulsory purchase are encouraging, writes Adam Rhead, although barriers remain.

Opinion: Get creative with ground floor activation to help new urban neighbourhoods thrive
The build to rent sector's focus on community and the long term is driving creative approaches to activating ground floor spaces in urban residential development, writes Pete Ladhams.

Opinion: Adapting city plans after the pandemic
Swansea's projects are responding to the challenges brought by the pandemic and suggest potential routes to post-pandemic regeneration, writes Caroline Searle.

Opinion: Learning what works in new neighbourhoods
There are numerous barriers to incorporating the popular characteristics of the vernacular into new places, but a fresh approach could provide valuable lessons, writes Chris Brown.

Opinion: Where's the money for levelling up?
The levelling up and regeneration bill introduced to parliament is lacking in the resources, will and planning needed to deliver change, writes Tim Williams.

Opinion: Looking for the value in biodiversity net gain
Biodiversity net gain may present challenges in its potential to reduce developer contributions or limit land values but it can also add value, writes Francis Truss.

Opinion: What a new development tax could mean for delivery of infrastructure and affordable homes
Lawrence Turner looks at the potential implications of replacing CIL and S106 developer contributions with a single flat-rate levy.

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