The Councillor's guide to urban design

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

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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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Design Council CABE team, Design Council

Email: cabe@designcouncil.org.uk Tel: 0207 420 5200

Resources

Design Council’s response to the Social Housing Green Paper A new deal for social housing: how design makes the difference A new deal for social housing: how design makes the difference

Publication — 07/11/2018

Redbridge Council: Improving outcomes for people in temporary accommodation Redbridge Council faced an increasing demand for temporary housing. People evicted from the private rented sector were spending longer and longer homeless in B&B accommodation. Redbridge Council faced an increasing demand for temporary housing.

Case study — 14/09/2018

Transform Ageing: Making the community care – meet Moments Cafe 'Putting the stigma of dementia to bed by having somewhere in the middle of the town with dementia slapped all over it.' 'Putting the stigma of dementia to bed by having somewhere in the middle of the town with dementia slapped all over it.'

Case study — 21/08/2018

Architecture and the Built Environment: Design Review Insight Report Improving design quality in the built environment. Improving design quality in the built environment.

Report — 20/08/2018

Brent Council: Using design thinking to make planning applications more efficient Brent Council applied to the Design in the Public Sector programme with the desire to make the planning application process in Brent easier and quicker. Brent Council applied to the Design in the Public Sector programme with the desire to make the planning application process in Brent easier.

Case study — 15/08/2018

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

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Design Council’s response to the Social Housing Green Paper A new deal for social housing: how design makes the difference A new deal for social housing: how design makes the difference

Architecture and the Built Environment: Design Review Insight Report Improving design quality in the built environment. Improving design quality in the built environment.

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Design Council’s response to the Social Housing Green Paper A new deal for social housing: how design makes the difference A new deal for social housing: how design makes the difference

Architecture and the Built Environment: Design Review Insight Report Improving design quality in the built environment. Improving design quality in the built environment.

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