Current projects

Read about our current research grant recipients and their projects below

Land value capture and social value: towards a framework for measuring planning’s social contribution

Getting houses built: the role of local authority planners in managing market-led housing delivery

• Merry Hill group pose: Community as a transformational force: participants from Merry Hill, an affordable 'self-finish' housing project in Bristol. (Image credit: Jackson Moulding, 2021)

What do we mean by community? Co-creating practical tools for planning practice

Housing vulnerable people: does size matter?

A Birmingham LTN

The impact of Birmingham's Low Traffic Neighbourhoods on women’s safety

Planning for reducing loneliness for older people

Digital literacy of planning students