The View from Cullingworth

Cullingworth nestles in Yorkshire's wonderful South Pennines where I once was the local councillor. These are my views - on politics, food, beer and the stupidity of those who want to tell me what to think or do. And a little on mushrooms.

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Tuesday, 5 November 2019

Do we need to invest more time, thought and money on making communities work?

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The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) has a survey on community and society - "Social capital, civic health, and quality of life...

Wednesday, 6 June 2012

First salvo in the town planners' war on community is fired...

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**** I recall a planner - a very senior planner - describing the localism act and its neighbourhood planning ideas as "the thin end o...

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Monday, 13 December 2010

Wither localism - initial thoughts on the Bill

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**** Although the Bill won't be published until later this afternoon, the Government has released an essential guide to the Bill. These ...

Tuesday, 28 September 2010

Boundaries, pubs and Battersea - thoughts on defining place

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A few years ago, I instituted an initiative aimed at ensuring that every community in Bradford undertook some form of local planning – this ...

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Saturday, 13 March 2010

Urban planning - the quickest route to a dead community

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It is one of the oldest debates around - do we have a grand plan or do we let stuff happen. The planners tend to win this argument - someti...

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