For a better North of Tyne

Wanting to see positive progress for the North of Tyne and beyond

[For a better North of Tyne @improve_NE]

NE council planners take inspiration:

[createstreets @createstreets]

There’s a major focus on regreening of streets in the plan.

✅6.6 hectares (16 acres) of new green space when mature
✅80% of streets covered by trees
✅20% covered by permeable surfaces
✅full realisation of plan could prevent 667 premature deaths per year

[Create Streets Foundation @CreateStreetsFN]

What is a design code? How can local authorities and neighbourhood groups create happy and healthier places for the long term? One of the free toolbox videos available as part of our Creating Places Academy. See full video here: https://t.co/pHshpYoNhz #designcodes

[For a better North of Tyne @improve_NE]

this means planning, inc housing and environment must be mindful of what will reverse our brain drain (QUALITY!) & with close proximity to high speed transport links to the existing hubs such as London (so keep on pushing for #HS3 to NE & beyond, not just across Pennines)

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[For a better North of Tyne @improve_NE]

Covid is causing lots of terrible things, but one long term +ve for the NE, if our politicians get it right, will be an economic renaissance, because the new realisation across the UK is that there is far more geographical flexibility in work location.

Therefore we need....n1/4

[For a better North of Tyne @improve_NE]

- create ecosystems of high tech company support. Online meetings now allow this, with ability to tap into expertise from around the world. We don't need to be as parochial and fragmented as before

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[For a better North of Tyne @improve_NE]

Will Newcastle City Council sign up ? And get rid of the hideous Cowgate artificial grass installation.

[Wilder Matlock @WilderMatlock]

It's hard to believe but plastic grass really does exist, and some people really do put it in their gardens. Bad for nature, bad for biodiversity, bad for the climate. Yuk. Please sign the petition to have it banned.

[For a better North of Tyne @improve_NE]

@nick_forbes Well done !

[For a better North of Tyne @improve_NE]

Could we be inspired to create places to live like this in the NE ?

https://t.co/mLrUprs7Fn via @BBC_Travel

[For a better North of Tyne @improve_NE]

Is it for NE councillors ? I fear that in yet enough area we will be bottom of the league and left behind (albeit Newcastle CC making at least some effort)

[For a better North of Tyne @improve_NE]

@Tees_Issues cameras

[createstreets @createstreets]

Almost everything that could be right in a local high street is in this photo.

This street is ready to play its role as a popular, prosperous, safe, beautiful & useful centre of its neighbourhood.

Create Streets like this.

[createstreets @createstreets]

Trees & bikes make streets better.

Utrecht reborn.

Via ⁦@edwinlucas_⁩

[createstreets @createstreets]

How might the politics of new housing look if all of it was this good - with public interventions via planning merely insisting on the types of homes & places which people prefer & in which they flourish?

Might we, whisper it, create more new homes?

Well done @ADAMarchitectur

[For a better North of Tyne @improve_NE]

can we make NE housing more desirable, like this ?

[createstreets @createstreets]

This is new. In Truro, Cornwall. New homes do not need to desecrate. They can make places better. If we trusted communities more that would happen a lot more often.

Homes & photo by @BenPentreath

[For a better North of Tyne @improve_NE]

Yes, I think we need more *local* pubs, coffee shops, community halls & other styles of venue where local people can meet. Social interaction is the bedrock of humanity.

[For a better North of Tyne @improve_NE]

NE has terrible health, despite the best NHS establishments. A change in approach led by @JackieDanielNHS would be fantastic.

Must move from mindset of technical patches to sickness, to leading, facilitating & co-producing Public Health solutions with public, 3rd sector & LAs.

[Dame Jackie Daniel @DameJackieD]

We have a once in a lifetime opportunity to rebuild the #NHS so it can serve our communities well for the future. The executive team @NewcastleHosps is focusing today on the next steps in our journey.

[For a better North of Tyne @improve_NE]

NE has some Arizona attributes. Proximity to beauty, cheaper to live.

The lockdown shows you don't need your staff based in expensive SE.

We need to attract 2nd site / R&D units here, then bud off the new companies.

https://t.co/O9Xp3dbP4f