Areas of work
The way that places are planned, designed, maintained and regenerated can help or hinder work to tackle health inequalities, climate change, and economic resilience. The TCPA works, therefore, on a wide range of topics: find out more about the work we do by exploring the themes below.
News & Blogs
Ensuring all homes have access to natural light
To ensure better and more inclusive health outcomes, the TCPA has identified 12 Healthy Homes Principles that all new housing developments must…

Press release: Development taxes – funding the infrastructure needed to create healthy, affordable places
The current system of developer contributions is failing to capture the money needed to unlock affordable homes and pay for…

Challenges of Delivering Large Scale Housing Projects: Lessons from the TCPA’s New Communities Group
In the latest blog from our series on the next generation of New Towns, Lachlan Anderson-Frank MRTPI sets out some…
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Join the TCPA and support our mission to put social justice back at the heart of planning. Benefits of membership include:
- hard copies of the journal Town & Country Planning
- exclusive access to journals from 2005 to date
- exclusive access to recordings of past webinars and workshops
- discounts on events, training and books
- monthly members email bulletin
