Good can be very, very simple. A wall with three holes. The deep window & door reveals, the load-bearing brick walls, the generous & large windows, the sash windows, all elevate the simple into the delightful. Needless to say recent malign changes in British building regulations would make this much harder to build today. You can ….

Martin Lewis has asked the public for simple, inexpensive and broadly uncontroversial changes that could make Britain work a little better. What better place to start than with putting an end to street scars? We can hold utility companies to account for scarring our streets with just a few changes to legislation that will: 🚧Make them put pavements back exactly as they found them and increase the fines for failing to do so. 🚧Require them to pay the full cost of restoring damaged pavements to the original standard. Find out more...

Coventry is rethinking how Britain builds tram infrastructure. Its new track system is faster to install, cheaper to construct and designed to avoid costly utility diversions. Coventry’s light rail innovation could provide a practical blueprint for delivering better public transport across English cities. Footage credit: @coventrycc Music: Documentary Music by AKTASOK #timefortrams #coventry #tram

This is precisely the sort of uncontroversial & normally locally popular urban intensification & infill that should be preapproved and supported by right. The new English NPPF is supportive, but there’s a huge opportunity for councils to turbo charge this. Do pls get in touch if you’d like us to help. The cost versus benefit payback in an era of high housing targets is superb.