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@Place_chat

The Twitter home for housing, regeneration and placemaking discussions. A #placechat will take place once a month. Be part of the debate.

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Joined October 2013
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@Place_chat definitely although that’s upto us to educate that the ‘smoke’ isn’t the only city in the UK - @mediacityuk and #Manchester no1
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@Place_chat it’s more about how the North can be London with a difference - stay chatty #NorthernPowerhouse16
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@Place_chat A few thousand empty homes in Gtr Manchester - pales in comparison to the 16,000 new homes we need each year.
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@parimalkumar @Place_chat Lots of homes, but many in wrong place. Too many empty city centre apartments, shortage of family houses.
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@Place_chat Right mix of homes in the right places needed - need to keep families in cities as well as attracting young profs #placechat
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@HS2ltd25 Feb 2016
David Higgins launches HS2:Changing Britain outlining how HS2 is already a catalyst for change #NorthernPowerhouse16 bit.ly/1R4AEbD
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@place_chat discussing #placechat on #UKnorthernpowerhouse from 7pm - 8pm tonight #Manchester
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Am likely to be out. But we all need #NorthernPowerHouse (+ other Power Houses) to succeed stevenboxall.wordpress.com/2… xitter.gq/Place_chat/status/7028…
Localism, freedoms for local authorities and taxation

Localism, freedoms for local authorities and taxation

I have mentioned before my concerns over the push for more taxes being raised locally, and the push for ‘Localism’ without it being understood that most local authorities do not have th…

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placechat (@Place_chat) profile pictureplacechat@Place_chat25 Feb 2016
Don't forget #placechat this evening 7-8pm @RegenerationEX @petebond7 - we're talking all things #NorthernPowerHouse #devolution
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“Two years on” – the Chancellor’s article in @NewStatesman's #NorthernPowerhouse supplement ow.ly/YJOkG
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@Place_chat Looking forward to it!
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I'll be in the chair for the next @Place_chat following an afternoon @UKNorthernPower join in from 7pm tomorrow... xitter.gq/Place_chat/status/6996…
placechat (@Place_chat) profile pictureplacechat@Place_chat16 Feb 2016
We're back Thurs 25th Feb talking all things #NorthernPowerhouse Make sure you're part of the discussion #placechat
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And equally important, what is the role of placemaking in the #NorthernPowerhouse? Looking forward to discussing! xitter.gq/place_chat/status/7006…
placechat (@Place_chat) profile pictureplacechat@Place_chat19 Feb 2016
What is the role of the #NorthernPowerhouse in #placemaking? Does it have one? Join #placechat, Thursday 25th, 7-8pm and get involved!
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@CITB_UK16 Feb 2016
What could construction look like in 100 years? citb.co.uk/news-events/uk/te…
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MrGreen@tagarchi15 Feb 2016
#Placemaking "What defines character of a city is #publicspace, not its private space” pps.org/reference/ten-strate…
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Huge congratulations to Assemble - winners of the 2015 #TurnerPrize
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@RichardBlyth7 @Place_chat imo traffic an unpopular but necessary 'evil' that drives progress... See you next #placechat
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@timniblock @Place_chat ah but where can it be developed without big increase in car use.
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@Place_chat Part of the solution but surely some green belt needed too (Bill Bryson disagrees) bit.ly/1LB3c9a #placechat
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@Place_chat we @RTPIPlanners will soon be publishing research on the location of permissions in 15 city regions since 2012.
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@Place_chat we are concerned that the pursuit of numbers alone may mean homes in the wrong places with no infrastructure.
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