We are a campaign and policy group dedicated to unlocking sustainable growth across Britain’s communities through regeneration, infrastructure delivery, and placemaking.

Fixing Britain’s foundations

Our mission is simple – to bridge the gap between industry, policymakers, and experts to deliver practical, long-term solutions for Britain’s communities. Through focused campaigns, roundtables, and evidence-based reports, we help shape policy to unlock investment, streamline development, and create places that thrive.

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Events

July 15, 2025

Small-Scale Housing & SMEs in Rural England

1:30 pm

Parliament

With Peter Prinsley MP, Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds & Stowmarket. This roundtable will look at the role of rural England in combatting the housing crisis and meeting the Government’s housebuilding objectives. Particularly, this will focus on rural exception sites, small site aggregation, and the opportunity for small sites to improve SME access to the housing delivery market.

  • Key takeaways
June 17, 2025

Roundtable on Bridging the Skills Gap in Construction & Infrastructure

with Lauren Edwards MP, Adrian Beckingham, Rico Wojtulewicz, Eleanor Deeley & Aaron Davis
At this roundtable, we discussed the gap between labour and skills demand, entry routes and public perceptions into the construction industry, and the role of SMEs in the provision of construction skills.
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June 2, 2025

Roundtable on Reimagining New Towns for the 21st Century

with Lee Barron MP, Dr David Mountain and Maurice Lange
At this roundtable, we took a retrospective look at the New Town regimes of the 20th Century, what worked and what didn’t, and we tried to build these lessons into a modern day context – looking at placemaking, housebuilding and stewardship.
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March 18, 2025

Growth without grit – Why building 1.5 million homes requires more than ‘YIMBY-ism’

Building isn’t just about approvals – it’s about skills, workforce, and execution. Without them, Yimby-ism risks becoming just talk.
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February 27, 2025

Roundtable on Lord Banner’s Review into Legal Challenges against NSIPs

with Lord Banner KC, Crossbench Peer & Planning Barrister
At this roundtable, we hosted Lord Banner KC, whose independent review into legal challenges against Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects has recently had its recommendations taken up by Government
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February 10, 2025

Roundtable on the Devolution White Paper, regeneration & development

with Baroness Valentine, Lord Porter of Spalding, Dr Abi O’Connor, Jessica Craig & William Hall
The government’s recent Devolution White Paper marks a significant shift in how strategic authorities can influence regeneration and development. With greater control over funding and decision-making, local leaders are now in a stronger position to drive place-based growth.

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