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Nicholas Boys Smith

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The founding director of Create Streets

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Nicholas Boys Smith and James Wildblood interview Prof Alice Coleman, housing visionary

The fall of Thatcher brought Heseltine back to the Environment Department. The results, for estate renewal, were dire.

Highlights, Local Government | By Nicholas Boys Smith | 11 July 2014 at 6:15 am | 4 comments

Nicholas Boys Smith: A stark example of why we should build homes for people not for planners

An attractive alternative scheme for Mount Pleasant would actually increase the number of new homes

Local Government | By Nicholas Boys Smith | 4 July 2014 at 6:15 am | 6 comments

Pickles is right: “Tear down estates to boost poor inner-city homes”

This is the right answer for residents, for the city and for taxpayers.

Local Government | By Nicholas Boys Smith | 25 April 2014 at 6:15 am | 7 comments

Nick Boys Smith: How to stop building a second generation of high rise in London

A massive increase of supply of good normal housing that real people want to live is an idea worth pursuing

Highlights, Local Government | By Nicholas Boys Smith | 17 March 2014 at 6:15 am | 10 comments

Nicholas Boys Smith: How to increase house-building at no ultimate cost to the taxpayer

Regenerating estates into traditional streets could create 250,000 extra homes in London.

Highlights, Local Government | By Nicholas Boys Smith | 6 January 2014 at 6:15 am | 16 comments

Normal streets are best

People just aren’t as nice to each other in large blocks of flats.

Highlights, Local Government | By Nicholas Boys Smith | 31 October 2013 at 6:15 am | 40 comments

Boris needs to cut red tape if he wants to build good quality “Boris Homes” not tower blocks

Tower Block Week begins with advice for the Mayor on regeneration schemes that offer the homes people want

Highlights, Local Government | By Nicholas Boys Smith | 28 October 2013 at 6:15 am | 15 comments

Nicholas Boys-Smith: Red tape stops us building the homes we want

Let people have they homes they want – not the homes planners think they should want.

Highlights, Local Government | By Nicholas Boys Smith | 15 October 2013 at 6:30 am | 31 comments

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