Reinstating the name of the Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield could add value to property and raise the profile of the town for business. It could also help to raise funds for delivery of the town centre masterplan and renewal of Sutton’s local centres. Sutton Coldfield town centre has been…

Transforming Cities Ltd has joined a consortium of eleven leading European Universities, businesses, and city councils, to submit a bid to the European Union for funds to develop a new model for neighbourhood planning. If the bid is successful, the model named OpenPlan, will be developed to empower local communities to…

  City of angels, Los Angeles, is one of the most car dominated cities in the world, but visit its Santa Monica neighbourhood on a Saturday morning and see how farmer’s markets can bring a transformation. The well-run market stores reclaim the streets; they bring colour, life, vitality, and fresh…

A Royal Town name has only ever been lost once in England. Sutton Coldfield was the town that lost it, but it can get it back. Note: Sutton was a Royal Town, not a Royal Borough of which there are several. In 1528 Henry VIII granted Sutton Coldfield its Royal…