Housing for the ageing population

Apr 8, 2021

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By Ruby Burdett, Consultant  In March 2021, our client, Inspired Villages, hosted a workshop entitled ‘Housing-with-care’ at the Conservative Councillor’s Association (CCA) Local Government Conference. The presentation highlighted the current lack of provision of housing for older people, the limited choice and flexibility, and the impacts this is having on society.   Currently, living options for older people are limited: they can

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The future of the car

Jun 22, 2020

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By Michael Hardware, Director of Planning and Property  The future of the car has been debated ad infinitum in recent years but the pandemic has perhaps added a new dimension. As new homes and communities being designed now will have to serve its

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PRCA Awards Finalists!

Dec 10, 2019

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Chelgate Local’s work for Redrow Homes South East on a project in Maidstone, Kent, was a finalist in the Public Relations Consultants Association (PRCA) awards in December. Springfield Mill was shortlisted in the PRCA Planning Project of the Year category

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Waking up to an ageing population

Jan 31, 2019

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By Kasia Banas, Consultant January saw Chelgate Local kick off 2019 with another successful breakfast briefing event. The Chelgate team partnered up with Barton Willmore to host a timely discussion on the impact of an ageing population on housing provision.

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The impact of an ageing population

Jan 4, 2019

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By Michael Hardware, Director of Planning and Property Using excerpts from ‘Later Living: Are we planning for our future?’ published by Barton Willmore, we take a look at the changing profile of the later living population and what challenges and

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Understanding councillors

Nov 30, 2018

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By Michael Hardware, Director of Planning and Property We have all at some point come out of a planning committee wondering what had just happened. A perfectly reasonable policy-compliant planning application had been unexpectedly refused for vague and perhaps spurious reasons,

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