Urban centres have re-emerged as key sites of policy intervention. National and local governments across the UK are responding to changing patterns of office and retail use, and the need to deliver more housing in existing towns and cities. Reshaping places for the long term is complex, however
Stubbornly high economic inactivity levels are a key contributor to the UK’s challenging economic outlook. IPPO teams at Queen’s University Belfast and the University of Glasgow have been gathering evidence on policy responses to economic inactivity.
As part of a wider package of work on economic inactivity, IPPO Scotland has conducted a review of policy interventions which seek to address economic inactivity, with a focus on poor health and disability.
Research shows that buildings converted into homes under permitted development rights (PDR) provide significantly worse residential quality, particularly in terms of size, amenity space and location, than homes given full planning permission.
