On 3rd October I'll be talking design codes at the Urban Design Learning event "The National Policy Picture". Looking at the role of coding in planning policy set out in the consultation draft NPPF plus beauty and some other design related changes (if I have time!)
District wide codes - some quick thoughts on Question 5 of the current NPPF consultation: www.linkedin.com/pulse/distri...
"Rather than district-wide design coding, we want to focus local planning authority efforts on the preparation of localised design codes, masterplans and guides for areas of most change and most poten...
Foolās gold? How a rigid approach to affordable housing and benchmark land values for green belt could undermine housing delivery lichfields.uk/blog/2024/se...
I grew up in (and love) North Wales so can't wait to apply lessons from our book "High Street: how our town centres can bounce back from the retail crisis" to a Welsh context. David Rudlin and I will be at the amazing TY Pawb in Wrexham on 24th October š www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-place-le...
Heās here all night folks š
Just incase youāre wondering whatās being discussed in the built environment community on X these days, itās burying the Thames š
A few thoughts on the pitfalls of designing at the scale of new towns and garden communities....and the joy of finding solutions! www.linkedin.com/posts/vicky-...
It's easy to underestimate the approach that is required to design at this scale. On the one hand you can get bogged down in detail, losing sight of coreā¦
I have a problem š Leant over to snap a picture from the window of a taxi because I saw a supermarket with good active frontage. Driver now thinks I am insane/a tourist. Itās a good one though right?!
