Councillor's guide

Guide
01/11/2003

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Inside you will find

  • A guide to what makes a successful place
  • Examples of good practise
  • Planning toolkit

This will interest

  • Councillors
  • Architects
  • Urban designers
  • Local authorities

The purpose of this guide is not to show you how to design, but how to think about design.

The Councillor's guide to urban design provides the essential knowledge needed for planning and leadership decisions. It builds upon recent good practice to help deliver places that improve people’s quality of life - places that councillors can be proud to have been involved in.

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The 100-year life: the role of housing, planning and design How local people should be central to design, delivery and evaluation of services and the importance of developers, planners and local authorities creating age-friendly communities. An integrated approach to housing, planning and design to support people in later life.

Report — 14/06/2018
Healthy placemaking
Healthy placemaking

Healthy placemaking report Exploring the attitudes and behaviours of built environment practitioners towards healthy placemaking. Exploring the attitudes and behaviours of built environment practitioners towards healthy placemaking.

Report — 10/04/2018

Behind the scenes at a Design Review An exclusive look at the process to reveal how Design Review brings true value to new architectural schemes. An exclusive look at the process to reveal how Design Review brings true value to new architectural schemes.

Guide — 09/01/2017