| Architects in housing |
| http://www.aih.org.uk |
| This site provides some useful links and details of conferences/seminars etc on housing. |
| Council housing |
| http://www.unison.org.uk/online/service/localgov/main.htm |
| Unison has set up a housing web page and bulletin board to promote debate among members, tenants, MPs, councillors, housing professionals and the general public about issues affecting public housing. |
| English Nature |
| http://www.english-nature.org.uk |
| The digital boundaries of English Nature’s designated sites are now available on the Internet. These include SSSI, NNR, Ramsar sites, SPA, cSAC and ancient woodlands. Also available are natural and character area boundaries. There is no charge for the data and few restrictions on data usage. The data will be updated regularly. In Greater Manchester there are 29 SSSIs covering 44.1 sq km. The 5 SPAs cover 39.8 sq km. |
| Greater Manchester County Record Office (GMCRO) |
| http://www.gmcro.co.uk |
| Numerous data holdings relating to the county. |
| Housing and support services |
| http://www.supporting-detr.gov.uk |
| This is the detailed web site dedicated to the new government initiative called "Supporting people". See also Municipal Journal, 18-25 May 2000, pg. 19. The new programme will vary current arrangements so that funding for support services is separated from housing benefit. |
| House price data |
| http://www.halifax.co.uk |
| The Halifax plc have informed us that they are no longer producing bespoke analyses. Therefore we cannot obtain district level or "market area" data anymore from them. House price data is available from the above web site. Recent district level (unadjusted) house price data can be obtained from the HM Land Registry web site at: |
| http://www.landreg.gov.uk |
| Housing associations |
| http://www.albury.co.uk/links/GreaterManchester.htm |
| Names, addresses and telephone numbers of housing associations based in the county. |
| London housing unit |
| http://www.lhu.org.uk |
| The website offers facts and figures on topics such as rent levels, affordability and empty homes in easy to use format. Could be useful site to obtain comparative statistics. |
| Manchester |
| http://www.manchesterupdate.org.uk |
| Searchable database of property development in all sectors in Manchester plus an archive of lead features and a back copy order facility of the publication "Update Manchester". |
| North Manchester |
| http://www.northmanchester.net |
| Newsletter for north Manchester and the site also incorporates newsletters for Crumpsall and Lightbowne. |
| North West Development Agency |
| http://www.nwda.co.uk/ |
| The NWDA’s "A Strategy Towards 2020" can be viewed, as well as the executive summary from this website. |
| North West Regional Assembly |
| http://www.northwest-england.org.uk |
| Several of the published papers and the newsletter "Vista" are available from the site. The site also includes a link to the NWRA and GONW. |
| Partnerships and networking |
| http://www.makingthenetwork.org |
| http://www.partnerships.org.uk |
| http://www.dta.org.uk |
| http://www.networksonline.org.uk |
| http://www.bbc.co.uk/webguide/communities.shtml |
| See also the article "Making the internet work for partnerships" which appears in Town and Country Planning, May 2000 pg. 161,162. |
| ROOF magazine |
| http://www.roofmag.org.uk |
| The site provides links to a number of other housing sites. |
| Search engines |
| http://www.ask.co.uk |
| http://www.ixquick.com |
| http://www.alltheweb.com |
| Town & Country Planning Summer School (TCPSS) |
| http://www.tcpss.co.uk |
| The Report of Proceedings for the TCPSS are no longer produced in printed form. Papers of presentations to the 2000 Summer School in St Andrews will be available to view following the Summer School in September, on the TCPSS website – from which it will be possible to print, copy or download to your own PC. |
| Urban design (press release) |
| http://www.press.detr.gov.uk/0005/0350.htm |
| The new design guide aimed at driving up standards in urban design was launched on the 15th May. "By design. Urban design in the planning system: towards better practice" is available in text only format via the DETR website. |
| Wirral MBC |
| http://www.irdss.wirral.gov.uk |
| Wirral’s online planning application system with dynamic and static information. Further details in Planning, 28th April 2000. |