Hana Loftus

What is the point of Network Rail’s design standards if in practice they just get ignored? asks Hana Loftus

At a time when everyone – planners included – despairs at the length of time required to resolve even a tiny planning application, design codes offer the enticing possibility of clarity and certainty, says Hana Loftus

Despite the disappointing lack of funding, the new Levelling Up White Paper contains some radical and original thinking and will usher in a raft of small capital projects as well as larger regeneration schemes, writes Hana Loftus

Walking down Whitechapel High Street, you have enough to do in dodging the stallholders and shoppers at one of the capital’s busiest street markets, at the heart of the largely Bangladeshi local community