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Sacred Or Profane
The Internet Sacred Text Archive is an intriguing website which contains, as it says, the text of numerous books about religion, mythology, folklore and the esoteric.
In a section headed Utopia, is a book many consider sacred, namely Garden Cities of Tomorrow by Sir Ebenezer Howard.
I-apos-ve been a...
Posted by Jon Reeds on 19 April 2018
Garden Communities And Why Communities Are Saying No
This week sees the launch of two important publications on garden communities.
Most important, of course, is the Smart Growth UK report on garden communities with the affected communities themselves saying just why they are saying no. No less than 10 of the local opposition campaigns have come toget...
Posted by Jon Reeds on 12 April 2018
Housing Targets And The Death Of Oxfordshire
First of all we heard from the Oxfordshire Growth Board, which includes the six Oxfordshire councils, that 100,000 new homes were needed -apos-to address the county-apos-s severe housing shortage and expected economic growth-apos-.
Then we found out that a new Government method of calculating housin...
Posted by Nigel Pearce on 08 April 2018
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Added on 03 October 2016
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Added on 26 September 2016
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Added on 23 September 2016
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Added on 20 September 2016
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Added on 17 September 2016
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Added on 17 September 2016
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Added on 14 September 2016
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Added on 12 September 2016