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Culture and Sport Planning Toolkit gets HCA recognition

The living places Culture and Sport Planning Toolkit receives recognition from Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) as a best practice product for place making.

The Culture and Sport Planning Toolkit gets the stamp of approval...

Maintaining the Culture and Sport Planning Toolkit

The Culture and Sport Planning Toolkit (CSPT) was revised recently. We amended information to take into account updated legislation, planning information and other resources from living places partners and beyond. We have also...

Celebrating empty shops

Creative and learning centres housed in empty shops in Taunton and Blackburn’s town centres have proven to be a huge success, attracting scores of visitors and praise from across the communities.  Launched in February 2010,...

Our place, your place: Taunton

The regeneration of Taunton has been the focus for Taunton’s empty shop project this week. Our Place, Your Place: Taunton is hosting a series of talks and activities from 8 to 13 March looking at what has been achieved...

Funding announced for first wave eco-towns to deliver new green facilities

Housing Minister John Healey has this week announced a share of £60m for each of the first four pioneering eco-towns. The cash is a major boost for the country’s biggest ever green home building programme and will fund over...