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Andrew Smith @plandrew.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

This development was something else. Unsure how the apartments facing the seawall passed H&S and adequate natural light assessments.

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Andrew Smith @plandrew.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Snaps from a long weekend exploring Thanet - specifically Ramsgate and Margate + a quick stop by MasterWorks Hornby Hobbies museum. Not seen blue sky like this for months. Impressed with the LOOP bus service between main resi and work places from Stagecoach, every 10mins and £6.30 for the day. 🚌

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Butterflies Katz ⓥ @butterflieskatz.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Sam Bates, known as SMUG, Australian-born, realistic street #artist. This one is in Glasgow. In the comments, I've included different views of this piece, as well as some other pieces of this hyper-realistic street artist. #StreetArt #WallMural #murals #UrbanArt #art

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Andrew Smith @plandrew.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

I can confirm after my lunchtime walk- winter is here. Spot the black squirrel, or écureuil noir / schwarzes eichhörnchen if you will!

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Andrew Smith @plandrew.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Somers town, London. Community wall, stuff like this is always worth stopping and reading, even on a rainy winter London day.

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Andrew Smith @plandrew.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

youtu.be/yUEHWhO_HdY?... I just rewatched this after 10 years today, ringnways, junctions and sliproads (built and not built) galore

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London's unfinished motorways

YouTube video by Jay and Mark

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Andrew Smith @plandrew.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Pegsdon Hills, just down the road nr. Hitchin. Autumn time 🍂

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Andrew Smith @plandrew.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Why is there always a 4x4 somewhere in shot using up too much of the urban realm!?

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Andrew Smith @plandrew.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Lincoln is rather nice. Shame about the recent shift to Reform. St. George flags all over the city's surrounding neighbourhoods. 1215 Magna Carta and 1217 Charter of the Forest saved for rainy tomorrow.

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Andrew Smith @plandrew.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Exploring recent urban extensions in Dún Laoghaire and Cherrywood. One being a huge 60p dwellings passivhaus scheme, the other a TOD on the LUAS tram extension. Nice going Dublin!

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Andrew Smith @plandrew.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Dublin and its environs 🇮🇪

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Andrew Smith @plandrew.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Thurrock isn't in Kent. AI checker clearly not in use yet.

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Saskia Kersten @saskiakersten.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Another outing of @plandrew.bsky.social and my little research project on the names and naming of new build developments in the UK

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Andrew Smith @plandrew.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference (PRC) 2025 Day 1 in Belfast complete 😀

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 06/08/2025

Brexit can’t break every bond. 🌍🎶 Triorca Youth Orchestra are young musicians from Norwich and its twin cities in Novi Sad, Koblenz and now Rouen. Last month they turned twinning into music, friendship and a stunning Rouen cathedral concert. 🎻 Read the story ⤵️ @eastangliabylines.co.uk

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The best of twinning: talented young musicians perform in France

The joy of music can forge links and lasting friendships between enthusiastic and talented young orchestral players from across Europe

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Saskia Kersten @saskiakersten.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

At #IPrA2025 presenting @plandrew.bsky.social and my work on names of new build housing developments!

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Sad graphs on the squeezing of outdoor play and school playtimes in England. Maybe rather than showing Adolescence in schools we could improve play facilities for young people? on.ft.com/4cx4Rm2

Bar chart showing: Children have less freedom than their parents and grandparents
% who agreed that as a child they...
Played on the street
Were free to explore

Visualisation showing: Today's schoolchildren have less playtime than previous generations
Average break time per day in English schools has dropped from 1995 to 2021

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

I cannot state this strongly enough: If you are upset about the way this government is treating trans people and immigrants, and you have a Labour MP, for God sake write to them.

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Andrew Smith @plandrew.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Hmm, let's see. I'm also lagging by 20mins playing #catchup so can't (yet) tell 😆

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Andrew Smith @plandrew.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Let's see how BlueSky holds up to #eurovision trends, chats and mem3s...litmus test time...

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Andrew Smith @plandrew.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

A MSc short-course module in numbers and pictures. 5 themes, 4 external speakers, 3 days, 2 site visits (and teaching over 2 campuses) and 1 RTPI president! Intense, but full of substance!

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Andrew Smith @plandrew.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Oh, damn trump doesn't give a flying fuck. Who'd have thought... Chlorinated dreams crushed

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 07/03/2025

📢 NEW REPORT! Our lastest report - What is being built in 2025? In search of the station - is out now. Read it here: buff.ly/74cCIdK

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Andrew Smith @plandrew.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Manchester & Cardiff - MSc Transport and Planning March trip. Our students discussed and compared: development, governance, mobilities, delivery, retail, health, green infrastructure and more! Great students, Great speakers and a Great trip 👌 Bring on Birmingham and Glasgow in June! ✨️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Andrew Smith @plandrew.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Weekend reading sorted! Also great to see some of my site visits featured too 😀 #TransportPlanningDisconnect

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

15 years old, but still completely relevent — and if we had acted 15 years ago, the “better world” we could be creating today would be a LOT better and easier to reach. There are real consequences we’re just starting to see to not heeding this cartoon a lot sooner. Heed it now. #ClimateCrisis

At Climate Summit, presenter has long list of advantages to making more sustainable choices and addressing #ClimateChange. Audience member asks “what if it’s a big hoax and we create a better world for nothing?”

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Andrew Smith @plandrew.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Hello bsky. First blue-sky post is yesterday's winter sun on campus. Apt. Hoping to rebuild my cosy twitter bubble here as best as I can. 🙏

A photo of Hertfordshire University campus. Science Block, Innovation centre and the Nexus building on a blue sky winter's day

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