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29
Aug
A Tax Without a Vision: Housing, Heritage, and the Perils of Market Rule

A Tax Without a Vision: Housing, Heritage, and the Perils of Market Rule

“Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.”
5 min read
27
Aug
Restoring Continuity: Housing, Heritage, and Community in Thanet

Restoring Continuity: Housing, Heritage, and Community in Thanet

Thanet today stands at a crossroads. It could become another case study in transience—a place hollowed out by speculative fervor, full of stylish bars and empty flats. Or it could chart a rarer course, showing how a coastal town can balance revival with rootedness.
6 min read
13
Aug
Speculative Homes, Scorching Lives

Speculative Homes, Scorching Lives

Developers build for quick returns, not long-term well-being. The human scale—the experience of living through heat, seasons, community—is priced out
2 min read
10
Aug
Demolition by Incentive

Demolition by Incentive

Why Britain keeps tearing down its best houses—and how we can stop it.
4 min read
05
Aug
Demolition by Default: Why Gwynedd Council Could—and Should—Have Saved the Corbett Arms Hotel

Demolition by Default: Why Gwynedd Council Could—and Should—Have Saved the Corbett Arms Hotel

By ConserveConnect Editorial Team | August 2025 The planned demolition of the Grade II-listed Corbett Arms Hotel in Tywyn has become
3 min read
04
Aug
Corbett Arms: Why Tywyn’s Living History Must Not Be Erased

Corbett Arms: Why Tywyn’s Living History Must Not Be Erased

To erase the Corbett Arms is to erase part of Tywyn’s living identity. It is to discard the embedded stories of generations..
3 min read
02
Aug
The Billion-Pound Loss: Who Really Profits from London's Redevelopment Boom?

The Billion-Pound Loss: Who Really Profits from London's Redevelopment Boom?

Liverpool Street, Brick Lane, and Beyond – How Speculative Capital is Eroding London's Public Wealth and Cultural Fabric By
5 min read
01
Aug
Brick Lane After the Rejection: What Must Happen Now to Prevent Cultural Erasure

Brick Lane After the Rejection: What Must Happen Now to Prevent Cultural Erasure

Responding to the Council’s refusal of the Truman Brewery scheme—and the uncertain road ahead
3 min read
31
Jul
Behind the Façade: Who Really Profits from the Brick Lane Redevelopment?

Behind the Façade: Who Really Profits from the Brick Lane Redevelopment?

The story of Brick Lane is a test of our collective urban ethics. Will we allow developers to rewrite it as a marketing slogan—or will we defend it as a living, layered history worth protecting?
4 min read
31
Jul
Brick Lane Is a Battleground: Organising Against Erasure in the Heart of London

Brick Lane Is a Battleground: Organising Against Erasure in the Heart of London

How resistance in East London draws from radical history, community solidarity, and the right to shape the city.
3 min read