The recently published Planning White Paper signals a new national commitment to prioritising design quality of new development and supporting a more design-focused planning system.
This short webinar focuses on a presentation of the national picture from Create Streets, and then provides a South West design guidance case study.
Speakers:
Planning reform – what can we expect for place making?
Julie Tanner (Creating Excellence, Design: South West)
Recommendations from the Living with Beauty report (BBBBC), the National Design Code – implications for planning
David Milner (Create Streets)
A discussion of the challenges of delivering a suite of design guidance for a new authority, Somerset West and Taunton, and a designated Garden Town, whilst addressing the Climate Emergency, fostering wellbeing and the placemaking aims of the National Design Guide.
Richard Guise (architect/planner and principal, Context4D)
