WE design in Manchester: planning and power, exploring the Raynsford Review with Sarah Spanton

As part of our WE design event series, The Glass-House invited participants who attended our event in Manchester on 26 […]

Guest Author

Posted on Apr 30, 2020

Communities shaping places: Castlefield Forum

By Carole Middleton Castlefield Forum is a great example of a community shaping a place in a city-centre conservation area. […]

Guest Author

Posted on Nov 9, 2015

To a More Ambitious Place: Do we accept the status quo in place? Think piece #2

By Sir Tom Shebbeare An amateur planner: asset or a hazard? Challenging the status quo by using the tool of […]

Guest Author

Posted on Mar 16, 2015

Glass-House supported group get their Neighbourhood Plan through referendum!

We’re delighted to see the hard work of the community of Kirdford, West Sussex to develop a neighbourhood plan come […]

Maja Luna Jorgensen

Posted on May 8, 2014

London Voices on Neighbourhood Planning

Last Saturday 23rd June London Civic Forum held an event in collaboration with Just Space bringing civic groups together to […]

Hannah Gibbs

Posted on Jun 29, 2012

The National Planning Policy Framework and Community Led Design

Yesterday, the final version of the new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) was released. I would like to draw attention […]

Sophia de Sousa

Posted on Mar 28, 2012

Lots to learn from Neighbourhoods Study Tour in Sheffield

South Owlerton in Sheffield made a fantastic case study for us to visit on a Study Tour we ran as […]

Hannah Gibbs

Posted on Mar 1, 2012

Glass-House Debate – Newcastle

Once again the topic – Community Led Design: what is it and does it work? – was tackled in the […]

Rebecca Maguire

Posted on Feb 29, 2012

Building Community at Eden’s Core

Earlier this month we joined our Building Community partners – Eden Project, Locality and communityplanning.net – at the awe-inspiring Eden […]

Louise Dredge

Posted on Feb 16, 2012

Reflections on the Portas Review

The Portas Review, an independent review into the future of our high streets by Queen of Shops Mary Portas was […]

Hannah Gibbs

Posted on Jan 9, 2012