Dec 10, 20181 minModernist village: Silver EndA trip to Francis Crittall's industrial model village of Silver End. The homes at Silver End were one of the first examples of...
Nov 7, 20181 minEssex Development DisparityFirst of a series of new blogs for CPRE Essex - aiming to talk about 'what' rather than 'where' we could build....
Oct 13, 20181 minNew Garden Cities AllianceI met with two of the founding members of the 'New Garden Cities Alliance' to discuss a potential collaboration in the form of an Essex...
Oct 6, 20181 minRoadside ActivismFollowing numerous site visits to the proposed 'North Essex Garden Community' 'West Tey', signs of resident opposition were evident. This...
Sep 29, 20181 minSuburbanisation-in-progress: HalsteadOver the past five years, the landscape around Halstead has dramatically changed, with agricultural purchases from large commercial...
Jul 20, 20181 minNewhall estate, HarlowNewhall is a landowner led development, and its planners are Roger Evans Associates. Perhaps most intriguing is the means in which the...
Jul 14, 20182 minSame Homes, Different context: DorsetI visited ‘Woodberry Copse’, a new developer estate in Lyme Regis, as a parallel study to the landscapes I’ve previously visited in...
Jun 30, 20181 minRadical Essex in SouthendSouthend, a landscape of pink and yellow painted metal forms, the world's longest pier, sunburnt suburbanites out for the weekend, views...
Jun 20, 20181 minCampaign Against Urban Sprawl in Essex: CAUSEToday I met with some of the members of CAUSE, an activist group opposing new suburban sprawl in Essex, in particular the 'West Tey'...