The housing crisis is primarily caused by a lack of affordability. Why aren’t houses affordable? Not because we are poorer than we used to be, but because houses are far more expensive than they used […]
RTPI Report Finds Planning and Net Zero-Carbon Future Out-of-Sync
A new report published by the Royal Town Planning Institute has found that the planning system needs to change to establish a successful transition to a net zero-carbon future. “Nothing should be planned without demonstrating […]
“It’s Alive!” – The Living Future of Buildings
With the voice of Alexa and Siri commonplace in many homes already, you would be forgiven for thinking that our homes are alive? However, what if they went one step further. What if our homes in […]
Growing Upwards with Green Walls
Developers often find it difficult to balance the safe and practical solutions to landscaping, access routes and groundworks with sustaining ecological balance, especially when the footprint area of a development needs to be considered. With […]
One Tree at a Time: The ‘mind-blowing potential’ to tackle climate crisis
Leading scientists have discovered that planting billions of trees across the world is by far the biggest and cheapest way to tackle the climate crisis. Interestingly, they have made calculations as to how many more trees […]
Social Housing for a Lifetime Home
Four decades ago councils were responsible for the creation of 40% of all new houses. By the end of 2017 that had fallen to just over 2%. The ‘right to buy’ movement and the transfer […]
The Importance of Planning Cycle Lanes
Cycle lanes have been in the news recently as many opponents to the idea have been using misguided arguments against them. For all the (slight) progress in some UK cities over mass cycling, we are […]
RTPI Congratulates Planners Elected to Chartered Membership
The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has recently congratulated all of the planners recently elected to Chartered Membership during the period January to March 2019. Amongst this list is our own Peter Gillan MRTPI in recognition […]
Eco-Friendly Homes: Millennials and the Housing Market
As more millennials move into the housing market, the construction of ‘wellness-minded’ buildings and eco-friendly homes are on the rise. With solar panels in the roofs and built with environmentally-friendly materials, green buildings are becoming […]
If you really must build a wall… why not make it green?
If you really must build a wall, why not make it green? I’m not sure about you, but I am not a fan of staring at a blank wall. I’d much rather admire the plants. […]
We Have Incorporated!
As of today, 1st July 2019, ethical partnership are no longer a Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) but are a Limited Company. The change sees Ethical Planning LLP become Ethical Planning (North East) Limited, however we […]
Work Experience
Work Experience My name is Zak and I am a student at Whitley Bay High School, my Uncle is a planning manager at Ethical Partnership. At the start of the week I honestly didn’t know […]