Built Environment

Newcastle to see £500m investment into ageing better

A cutting-edge £500m development supporting the understanding, care and innovation of products and services for an ageing population has been given the go ahead in Newcastle.

Built Environment Features & Opinions Headlines Regeneration

Feature: Reducing pollution from the construction industry

Built Environment Glasgow Headlines Transport

Glasgow to build a city-wide active travel network

Built Environment Headlines

Poor building material supply chains are main barrier to net zero

Built Environment Headlines Housing

Government announces energy efficiency upgrades for low-income households

Built Environment Headlines Transport

New tool will help planners incorporate active travel into cities

Built Environment Headlines Housing London

Mayor will set out a plan to retrofit London’s buildings

Built Environment Headlines Housing

£300m announced for development of zero emission heat networks

Built Environment Communities Headlines Housing Regeneration

Access to green spaces integral to ‘levelling up’ UK, government told

Over 60 environmental charities and professional bodies have argued that a ‘legal right to nature’ should be placed at the centre of the government’s levelling up agenda.

More than 60 conservation, planning, health, and professional groups have called on the government to embed nature into its ‘levelling up’ agenda, arguing that access to nature should be a legal right for everyone in the UK given its proven benefits for mental and physical well-being.