Transport for New Homes
@transportfornewhomes.org.uk
We believe new housing should be planned in a way that allows residents to walk, cycle and use public transport in their daily lives. transportfornewhomes.org.uk
Transport for New Homes is ten years old in 2026. Join us at our upcoming event on 23 October. actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...
Planning system fit to build a new town?
The planning system is constantly being updated, but do recent reforms to the NPPF and local plans make it easy to live car free if you choose? The new towns are a flagship policy of a government that...
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Petition: We are calling on the government to double the minimum density of homes around stations to make better use of the land and to give more people the opportunity to enjoy living car-free if they choose. Please join us by signing. actionnetwork.org/petitions/in...
Increase minimum density to build more homes near stations
We are calling on the government to double the minimum density of homes around stations (from the current 35 dwellings per hectare) so more homes can be built. This will allow more people to live with...
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We rely on donations to keep going. Help support our work in 2026. actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
Help us get through 2026
Transport for New Homes has low overheads, but we still have bills to pay. The compliance costs for a small organisation keep going up as well as the cost of keeping our website, full of our research ...
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Please support this petition. We want to let the government know that land around stations should not be wasted with low density housing. actionnetwork.org/petitions/in...
Increase minimum density to build more homes near stations
We are calling on the government to double the minimum density of homes around stations (from the current 35 dwellings per hectare) so more homes can be built. This will allow more people to live with...
actionnetwork.org
Join us at our event in London on 23 October. The planning system is constantly being updated, but do recent reforms make it easy to live car free if you choose? actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...
Planning system fit to build a new town?
The planning system is constantly being updated, but do recent reforms to the NPPF and local plans make it easy to live car free if you choose? The new towns are a flagship policy of a government that...
actionnetwork.org
Our work is reliant on donations to keep going. Can you help by supporting us? actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
Help us get through 2026
Transport for New Homes has low overheads, but we still have bills to pay. The compliance costs for a small organisation keep going up as well as the cost of keeping our website, full of our research ...
actionnetwork.org
Petition: We are calling on the government to double the minimum density of homes around stations (from the current 35 dwellings per hectare) so more people have the opportunity to enjoy living car-free if they choose. Please join us by signing. actionnetwork.org/petitions/in...
Increase minimum density to build more homes near stations
We are calling on the government to double the minimum density of homes around stations (from the current 35 dwellings per hectare) so more homes can be built. This will allow more people to live with...
actionnetwork.org
Join us at our event in London on 23 October. The planning system is constantly being updated, but do recent reforms make it easy to live car free if you choose? actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...
Planning system fit to build a new town?
Action Network
actionnetwork.org
Please sign and share this petition. The current minumum density for housing around stations will waste land that could allow many more people to have easy access to the railway network. actionnetwork.org/petitions/in...
Increase minimum density to build more homes near stations
We are calling on the government to double the minimum density of homes around stations (from the current 35 dwellings per hectare) so more homes can be built. This will allow more people to live with...
actionnetwork.org
The density at which new housing is developed is a crucial factor in the viability of public transport use. Please sign and share this petition to push for an increase from low-denity, car-dependent housing around railway stations to help lock in public transport use.
Transport for New Homes@transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 3w agoWe are calling on the government to double the minimum density of homes around stations (from the current 35 dwellings per hectare) so more homes can be built. actionnetwork.org/petitions/in...
We are calling on the government to double the minimum density of homes around stations (from the current 35 dwellings per hectare) so more homes can be built. actionnetwork.org/petitions/in...
Increase minimum density to build more homes near stations
We are calling on the government to double the minimum density of homes around stations (from the current 35 dwellings per hectare) so more homes can be built. This will allow more people to live with...
actionnetwork.org
We signed this letter calling for the PM to act now on the climate crisis. How we build new homes and better ways to move around need to reformed to bring down emissions from transport. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Green groups urge Andy Burnham to break silence on climate crisis
More than 50 organisations say PM urgently needs to show leadership and prepare British people for scale of change needed as UK struggles through another heatwave
theguardian.com
Latest post on the blog, we look at a new model for community-led regeneration and placemaking. www.transportfornewhomes.org.uk/large-scale-...
Large-scale housing site being delivered by the community
A new model for community-led regeneration, placemaking.
transportfornewhomes.org.uk
With partners, we wrote to the government because planning changes are increasing car-dependency when they should be reducing the need for car journeys. www.transportxtra.com/publications... 🔒 Paywalled (but see links in next posts for the press release and the letter)
NPPF changes urged as go-ahead given to ‘inappropriate’ new
Local authority associations and other groups with interests in health, the environment and sustainable transport have urged changes to the way developments are
transportxtra.com
Now campaigning in our tenth year, we need some help to get us through 2026. Can you support our fundraiser? www.transportfornewhomes.org.uk/help-us-get-...
Help us get through 2026
We need your help to keep going this year.
transportfornewhomes.org.uk
We will be holding an event in October, which might prove timely. Sign up to the newsletter for further details. www.transportfornewhomes.org.uk/autumn-event...
Autumn Event: Save the Date
Save the date for this in-person autumn event. More details will follow.
transportfornewhomes.org.uk
Thanks for the donations. We are 10% of the way to achieving our goal. actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
Help us get through 2026
Transport for New Homes has low overheads, but we still have bills to pay. The compliance costs for a small organisation keep going up as well as the cost of keeping our website, full of our research ...
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Converting parking to housing helps reduce car-dependent sprawl. This excellent guide shows how it can be done. www.transportfornewhomes.org.uk/parking-a-gu...
Parking: A guide for Planners, Transport Planners and local campaigners
Transport for New Homes were consulted in the preparation of this report from CPRE London.
transportfornewhomes.org.uk
The transport plan for this development assumed deliveries would be made by drone. www.transportfornewhomes.org.uk/the-curious-...
The curious case of the Selwood Garden Community
It bypassed the whole local plan process.
transportfornewhomes.org.uk
"As the Transport for New Homes campaign, among others, has pointed out, new housing estates are often not in proximity to other estates or existing towns, which makes bus route planning difficult, adding to journey times and making routes unappealing." www.localgov.co.uk/-New-towns-m...
New towns must be designed with young and old in mind | LocalGov
Age-friendly new towns are vital for an ageing population, writes Charlotte Lewis, Head of Communities at Centre for Ageing Better.
localgov.co.uk
We are now campaigning in our tenth year, but we need your help to get us through 2026. Can you support our fundraiser? www.transportfornewhomes.org.uk/help-us-get-...
Help us get through 2026
We need your help to keep going this year.
transportfornewhomes.org.uk
We have a modest fundraiser to help get @transportfornewhomes.org.uk through 2026. Basic costs keep going up and funding is harder to secure. Please help if you can so we can achieve our goal. actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
Help us get through 2026
Transport for New Homes has low overheads, but we still have bills to pay. The compliance costs for a small organisation keep going up as well as the cost of keeping our website, full of our research ...
actionnetwork.org
Now campaigning in our tenth year, we need some help to get us through 2026. Can you support our fundraiser? www.transportfornewhomes.org.uk/help-us-get-...
Help us get through 2026
We need your help to keep going this year.
transportfornewhomes.org.uk
Save the date for an autumn event in London. If you are signed up to the newsletter you will get further details in due course. www.transportfornewhomes.org.uk/autumn-event...
Autumn Event: Save the Date
Save the date for this in-person autumn event. More details will follow.
transportfornewhomes.org.uk
Costs to keep a small non-profit business going have gone up dramatically in the last year. As well and higher fees, we now have to buy commercial software to tell HMRC we do not owe them any money. Please help if you can.
Transport Good CIC@transportgood.org · 6mo agoUnfortunately, the costs keep going up to keep transportknowledge.net on the web. Please consider making a donation. actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
Correct. www.highwaysmagazine.co.uk/news/dft/npp...
NPPF reforms need 'stronger alignment between planning and transport'
Following a Government proposal to reform the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), key sector bodies have called for the strengthening of climate policies in the planning regulations and a stronger integration between planning and transport policy.
highwaysmagazine.co.uk
Our webinar on 31 March will explore positive, vision-led approaches to transport planning for new communities. We'll hear from the Department for Transport; private and public sector planners; and the TCPA's policy team. Supported by Rovia Transport Planning 🎫 www.tcpa.org.uk/event/transp...
Transport for New Communities
tcpa.org.uk
