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Mark Tewdwr-Jones

@marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social

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UCL Bartlett Professor of Cities and Regions at CASA: Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis. Academician, urban planner, geographer, scientist, film historian, futurist, pro-rail. Believe in creating inclusive future places for all .. more

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Mark Tewdwr-Jones @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social · 16h

Really looking forward to listening to it. His music just gets better and better

Mark Tewdwr-Jones @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social · 18h

That’s my weekend listening sorted. New album has arrived @warringtonruncorn.com

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Mark Tewdwr-Jones @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social · 11d

I’m so sorry to hear that Sir Terry Farrell has passed away. He was a giant of urbanism, the creator of some spectacular architecture especially in China & Hong Kong, a masterplanner of Newcastle, and the instigator of the Farrell Centre. This is from 2017 when Terry received the RTPI Gold Medal

Mark Tewdwr-Jones @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social · 13d

The Government has announced the candidate locations of 12 new new towns. A good geographical spread and mix of greenfield and urban infilling sites that should be all well connected through public transport

Matthew Pennycook MP @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social · 13d

We warmly welcome all 12 of the locations recommend by the Taskforce with Tempsford, Crews Hill and Leeds South Bank looking particularly promising.

We are today commencing a SEA to support final decisions on precisely which sites will be taken forward.

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Initial government response - September 2025

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Matthew Pennycook MP @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social · 13d

Initial government response - September 2025

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Mark Tewdwr-Jones @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social · 15d

Communities are self-organising increasingly to run their own local services. But why do some so-called ‘DIY urbanism’ projects survive and others fail? New open access publication by Zulfikar D. W. Putra & Mark Tewdwr-Jones now published in Cities www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Mark Tewdwr-Jones @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social · 16d

It looks like 90s baggy jeans and trousers are back in…

Mark Tewdwr-Jones @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social · 17d

A fascinating day at @cpcatapult.bsky.social looking at integrated planning & the prospect of unlocking the potential of planning. Thanks to my panel members Terry De Sousa, David Mountain, & Annette Jezierska for their rich thoughts on spatial development strategies and digital planning

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Mark Tewdwr-Jones @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social · 18d

I was delighted to give the plenary talk at the UK Ireland Planning Research Conference at the University of Ulster last week on Planning Futures as the Right of Truth: Unsettling Planning in the Digital Age. Thanks to the organising committee 📸@drcatbutton.bsky.social

Mark Tewdwr-Jones @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social · 21d

I flew over it on Sunday afternoon on my return to City Airport from Belfast. A different perspective!

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Mark Tewdwr-Jones @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social · 23d

I don’t fly very often these days if I can help it, but the aerial view of London on my return flight to London City from Belfast on Sunday was superb. Amazing to see the transformation of Elephant & Castle from this perspective

Aerial view of Elephant & Castle, London

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Mark Tewdwr-Jones @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social · Sep 11

Do you think the film library is still in the RTPI somewhere?

Mark Tewdwr-Jones @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social · Sep 2

A superb collection of archive railway films presented this evening BFI NFT with @mrtimdunn.bsky.social and Steve Foxon acting as comperes, covering 200 years of railway history but also showing the creative talent of filmmaking over 130 years. A packed audience of 400 too

Mark Tewdwr-Jones @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social · Aug 8

Brilliant Oli! And yes I’m watching it too

Mark Tewdwr-Jones @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social · Aug 1

Congratulations to my student Yuna Lee on the successful defence of her PhD thesis on Strategic Foresight and Policy Making in the US and UK yesterday @casaucl.bsky.social. Thanks to examiners Louise Kempton & Rainer Kattel, and Mike Batty for being part of the supervisory team

Group photograph of Louise Kempton, Yuna Lee, Rainer Kattel, Mark Tewdwr-Jones

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Mark Tewdwr-Jones @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social · Aug 1

Announcing a forthcoming book, “Regions in Evolution - A History of Regional Planning”, a critical and deep analytical look at the ebbs & flows of regional planning globally over 100 years, with @drjwharrison.bsky.social & Daniel Galland, due to be published early in 2026

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John Denham @jydenham.bsky.social · Aug 8

‘In the policy design of the single settlement, it is hard to discern whether any previous lessons have been learned’ Trailblazer devolution deals: The next oxymoron? @janicemorphet @jydenham

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Trailblazer devolution deals: The next oxymoron in the policy litany of sub-national governance in England? - Janice Morphet, John Denham, 2024

Here, we examine the continuing UK centralising trend for local government in England and the effects of changing accountabilities through the pathway of devolu...

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Rob Krzyszowski @robzowski.bsky.social · Aug 31

I don't normally post things like this but sad to hear Nicky Gavron has passed. She was a genuinely inspirational person - a leader on all things London, sustainability, planning & Haringey! Found this when I attended her Planning Committee & she was very welcoming & insightful

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Resolution Foundation @resfoundation.bsky.social · Sep 15

The UK’s planning system is highly discretionary, with decisions nearly always made on a case-by-case basis by local planning authorities.

As a result, the number of planning approval rates vary widely across the country but also within the same region.

Read more :
https://buff.ly/47oMpts

Chart showing average annual major dwellings approval rate, bottom 10 and top 10 local planning authorities: England, 2004-05 to 2023-24

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Nov 19

In Kent, Labour has a fight on its hands – and a make-or-break test for its housing revolution | Polly Toynbee

If it wants to build 1.5m homes, the government will sometimes need to be brave enough to reject local feeling – as it has done in Swale Watch what happens in Swale, as it’s a tale that will be repeated often in the next few years. Here in Kent is a test…

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Duncan Wilson @djdunc.bsky.social · Nov 21

Congrats to Yuhan for passing her PhD Viva on her thesis exploring the affordance of user interaction on media infrastructure (InLink kiosks) and thanks to Alessandro Aurigi and @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social for their support in the process! cc @casaucl.bsky.social , #Bartlett School of Architecture

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Stian Westlake @stianwestlake.bsky.social · Nov 22

UKRI is recruiting a Director to lead work on R&D and Place.

A great opportunity for an action-oriented leader who wants to tackle the many well-documented issues of the geography of R&D in the UK!

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UCL Policy Lab @uclpolicylab.bsky.social · Jan 23

Technology and new media have transformed how people view development and democracy.

As the government announces new plans to remove blockages on growth @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social argues the state must use new tools to deliver on building homes and infrastructure. www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...

Best laid plans? A bumpy road ahead for planning and democracy

Mark Tewdwr-Jones argues that technology has transformed local development and democracy. And the state must also use new tools if it’s to deliver on major planning reform and housing targets.

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Daniel Slade @dslade.bsky.social · Feb 4

How can we make make sure the next wave of New Towns are flexible, adaptive, bottom-up and meet communities' changing needs?

We - @rtpiplanners.bsky.social - have just launched an Invitation to Tender for research answering these questions.

📣Budget is £35,000, deadline for proposals is 24 Feb📣.

RTPI tenders

This page contains the latest invitations to tender from the RTPI.

www.rtpi.org.uk

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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · Mar 17

This is the story I meant to highlight in my last bloot - and yes, the final sentence of the story is excellent

Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · Mar 14

Oh FFS (chapeau to the journalists for their very last line)

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Coggeshall man giving up fight to install solar panels

Barry Thompson's local council refuses his efforts to install six solar panels.

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Otto Saumarez Smith @osaumarezsmith.bsky.social · Apr 16

Illustrations from a 1965 issue of Northern Architect, imagining a linear monorail city stretching from Newcastle to Teesside. 💥

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Mark Tewdwr-Jones @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social · Jul 21

Such sad news. I worked with Rachel on Future of Cities, UKRI, Connected Places Catapult & N8 partnership. She was wonderful, inspiring & humorous. Rachel was one of the few people who could transcend disciplines, sectors & academic/policy worlds. I will miss her wise counsel & friendship.

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Mark Tewdwr-Jones @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social · Jun 18

Wonderful to be back in my university ‘home’ at School of Geography and Planning Cardiff University to give a talk on urban futures, interact with so many knowledgeable people across the university, and to catch up with many friends, exactly 35 years since I graduated.