Archive - Notes on Growth

Infrastructure Costs: Trams

Building trams in Britain costs more than twice as much as it does in the rest of Europe

Sep 12 •

Where should we build 1.5m homes?

The case for building more homes in expensive cities

Sep 9 •

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Where the wind blows

If you host the UK's largest wind farm, your bills should go down

Sep 3 •

August 2024

How to fund the Lower Thames Crossing

When to use private finance for infrastructure

Aug 28 •

Britain’s Problem with Planners

We don’t have enough and we ask way too much of the ones we have

Aug 13 •

Getting Britain building

New planning changes will get more data centres, prisons, renewables, and labs built

Aug 1 •

July 2024

Net Zero vs Zero Building

Why blocking building is bad for the environment.

Jul 18 •

12 Thoughts On Solar Farms

Approving three major solar projects is a good start, here's what should come next

Jul 16 •

Oven-Ready Planning Reforms

Some ideas Britain's new government can steal from its last

Jul 8 •

How to get data centres built quickly

Here's what needs to change

Jul 2 •

June 2024

Can Labour build 1.5 million homes?

Grading Labour's housebuilding plans.

Jun 27 •

The real reason investment in Britain is low

And why the success of the knowledge economy requires us to build things

Jun 11 •

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