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Posted on: 21 October 2011
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New guidance to help local authorities design high-quality shared space schemes has been published by the Department for Transport. Shared space is a design approach that seeks to change the way streets operate by reducing the dominance of motor vehicles, primarily through lower speeds and encouraging drivers to behave more accommodatingly towards pedestrians. In the UK, shared space is usually applied to links and minor junctions with the aim of allowing pedestrians to move more freely within the space. This Local Transport Note focuses on High Street environments, but many of its principles will apply to other types of shared space.
The future of design in the built environment
Posted on: 21 October 2011
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The Bishop review was commissioned by the Design Council at the time of its merger with the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE). It addresses the central question of how good architectural, landscape and urban design can be achieved within a national agenda that focuses, on the one hand, on creating the conditions for the UK’s long term economic prosperity and, on the other, on the devolution of power to local communities. Specifically, the report calls for Design Review to be decentralised and made more accessible and responsive to local people and developers. A copy of the review, background details and debate from the launch event.
Understanding the national planning policy framework. London, 10 October 2011
Posted on: 10 October 2011
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Organised by the Local Government Group and the Planning Advisory Service, this event provided an opportunity to consider the implications of the National Planning Policy Framework.
Planning and localism: too much too soon?
Posted on: 4 October 2011
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Developers are unconvinced of the benefits of the Localism Bill, according to law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner. A survey of 100 of BLP’s real estate developer clients found that just 9% understand the benefits of the localism agenda. The survey also found that 93% of developers remain unconvinced that localism will make planning decisions more predictable, despite this being a clear government objective. Against a backdrop of continuing debate about the National Planning Policy Framework, the report highlights the need for further clarity from the government on claims of how localism can improve the planning process.
Responding to the National Planning Policy Framework consultation. Bath, 30 September 2011
Posted on: 30 September 2011
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This half-day workshop was held in order to clarify the implications of the National Planning Policy Framework for the historic environment and give guidance on how to prepare a response. Presentations are available online together with the response to the consultation from the Historic Towns Forum.
Energy planning: GLA guidance on preparing energy assessments
Posted on: 30 September 2011
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This document provides guidance on addressing the London Plan’s energy hierarchy through the provision of an energy assessment to accompany strategic planning applications. It was updated in September 2011 to reflect the policies in the London Plan, July 2011. The purpose of an energy assessment is to demonstrate that climate change mitigation measures are integral to the scheme’s design and evolution, and that they are appropriate to the context of the development.
Planning Summer School. Swansea, 3-7 September 2011
Posted on: 30 September 2011
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The Planning Summer School, launched by the Town & Country Planning Association in 1933, has continued its objectives of providing an opportunity to promote education and discuss principles and methods of town and country planning and related issues. The overall theme of the latest Summer School was “Planning with communities”. Presentations from the event are available online.
Making the most of community led planning: a best practice guide for local authorities
Posted on: 27 September 2011
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This best practice guide from Action for Market Towns (AMT) offers local authorities an insight into how community action can be kick-started to take advantage of the new rights that will become available to them through the Localism Bill.
Resilience in urban design: 4th International Urban Design Conference. Gold Coast, Australia, 21-23 September 2011
Posted on: 23 September 2011
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This event provided an opportunity to reinforce and highlight resilient solutions for city-wide planning, design and infrastructure in order to successfully address emerging challenges brought about by climate change, peak oil crisis, population growth, social disengagement, technological disparity, rising pollution and waste, demands on food production, rising carbon emissions, and diminishing habitat and biodiversity. A 350-page book of proceedings is available online.
Localism and the National Planning Policy Framework: some implications for local government
Posted on: 22 September 2011
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The Government is making some significant changes to the planning system that will affect the responsibilities of all local planning authorities. The intention is to make the planning system one that better supports sustainable economic growth and jobs, underpinned with the principles of localism, with less ‘top-down’ prescription and more ‘bottom up’ involvement. This document aims to give chief executives a brief overview of the significant changes to the planning system and the implications of the changes.
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