Urban Design London

Tue 28/03/23, 10am–12.30pm
Zoom
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This session will examine this important new government guidance, due to be published by the Department of Transport in late 2022 and discuss how it relates to design codes and your highways, planning and housing delivery work in general. Including:

• Overview of MFS content
• Discussion on how it applies to our planning work
• Focus on guidance provided on new build streets that require planning permission

Tue 21/03/23, 9.30am–12.30pm
Zoom
Related Events: Urban Futures

Why it is hard to change established approaches and suggestions on how best to move thinking along.

Wed 08/03/23, 10am–12.30pm
Zoom
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Looking at the relationship between large-scale spatial planning, movement networks, individual site layouts and the detailed design of buildings and spaces and the relationship between masterplans and design codes. Including:

• The relationship between movement networks, building density and land use
• Catchment areas for services and optimising active travel options
• A golden design thread from large-scale master planning to individual plot designs

Thu 02/03/23, 10am–12pm
Zoom

Outline planning permissions provide some certainty to developers, encouraging them to invest in the early work behind buildings being created.  But outline applications give very little certainty of the quality and impact of what will be built for communities and local authorities. In this roundtable session we will discuss the pros and cons of both types of application, current trends in their use and how best to handle them.

Wed 22/02/23, 10am–12.30pm
Zoom
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An overview of changes to Building Regulations, Biodiversity Net Gain and water management requirements. We will consider how these come together and influence scheme design and placemaking tools such as design codes. Including:

• How best to link environmental requirements to your policies
• How to explain what is required, and why, to all involved
• How to check whether schemes meet requirements

Tue 21/02/23, 1–3.30pm

These high-level briefings will discuss current policy research and best practice from across the country. The sessions will support cabinet members, planning committee and ward members interested in the delivery of local design codes and well-designed neighbourhoods and explore the role in championing design codes and good design.

This event will be held online.

Tue 07/02/23, 10am–12.30pm
Zoom
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This session looks at how to ensure our homes and residential neighbourhoods are well-designed and sustainable. It will set out design principles that support sustainability, health, and well-being, and look at how good design can help homes and neighbourhoods successfully integrate, enabling communities to flourish. Including:

• Why we need well-designed homes
• Housing design principles – including Building for a Healthy Life
• Understanding different housing typologies

Wed 18/01/23, 9.30am–12.30pm
Zoom
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How best to present design issues at appeal looking at relevant case studies and approaches for written representation, informal hearings or enquiry appeals.

Thu 12/01/23, 10am–12.30pm
Zoom
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This session will consider best use of design quality management processes, how to make sure design requirements are not watered down over time and how to use viability and negotiation approaches to best advantage. Including:

• Setting clear quality requirements up front
• Using design review systems
• Compliance trackers

Thu 05/01/23, 10am–12.30pm
Zoom
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Looking at the best ways to work with communities and stakeholders to deliver shared objectives. This session will include best ways to engage and co-create codes, how best to encourage pro-active communities and working with developers and land-owners. Including:

• Understanding who to engage with, when and why
• Building and sustaining relationships
• Combining on-line and face to face engagement

Wed 14/12/22, 10am–12.30pm
Zoom
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Considering the place design elements that can best be directed through codes including building and street dimensions, forms and details, trees, planting, Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems and parking approaches. We will look at how best to balance early certainty of outcome with allowing for creative design solutions to emerge during the process. Including:

• Overview of common contents found in different types of codes
• Advice on what elements to prioritise within your own codes
• Discussion on how best to ‘code’ these elements to achieve good results

Agenda

09.50 Welcome & Introductions, Sue Vincent & Esther

Kurland (UDL)

10.00 Elements to prioritise within your codes

• Spaces between buildings, Paul Dodd (UDL)
• Building Form, Amanda Reynolds (AR Urbansim)
• External appearance & materiality of buildings, Andrew Rowland (Adam Architecture)

11.00 Break

11.05 Q&A & Discussion: How best to code these

elements

11.35 NMDC: Looking at the common contents in different types of code, David Rudlin (Urbed)

12.00 Close

Wed 07/12/22, 10am–12.30pm
Zoom
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Discussing how best to plan your work, the difference between site, neighbourhood and area wide codes and the need to balance flexibility with certainty for communities and developers alike, including the balance between loose and tight codes, those that give certainty and clarity for strategic design and use aspects up front. Including:

• Explanation of how codes work at different spatial scales
• Discussion of how rigid, or flexible your codes should be
• Options for working with developers or others to create/adopt codes

Agenda

09.50 Welcome & Introductions, Sue Vincent & Esther

Kurland (UDL)

10.00 The difference between site, neighbourhood & area wide code, Nicholas Boys Smith (Create Streets)

10.10 Evaluating options for design code coverage, Daniel Bulmer (Capita)

10.40 Gelding Design Code Project, TBC

11.05 Break

11.10 Panel Discussion, Pearl Arbenser-Simmonds (South Woodford Pathfinder),

Paul Cutler (Urban & Civic) & Daniel Bulmer (Capita)

• What type of codes work best where, what are the pros & cons and how do you choose?
• How best to deal with balancing flexibility with certainty of outcome and how do you build that into your codes?

12.00 Close

Wed 30/11/22, 10am–12.30pm
Zoom
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Understanding the important role that streets play in supporting healthy, sustainable, and successful communities. We will look at how to prioritise active travel and balance the needs of street life, travel by different modes in different types of areas, and environmental improvements. Including:

• The importance of good street design
• What makes a liveable neighbourhood?
• Kerbside demand and its challenges

Agenda

09.50 Welcome & Introductions, Sue Vincent (UDL)

10.00 Street design principles, Oli Davey (Urban Movement)

Q&A

10.30 What makes a liveable neighbourhood, Amy Priestly (Urban Movement)

Q&A

11.00 Break

11.05 Case Studies

• Cheshire Town Centre scheme, David McKenna (Street Spirit Design)
• Surrey Street Design Guide, David Milner (Create Streets)

12.00 Close

Wed 23/11/22, 10am–12.30pm
Zoom
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We will look at the importance of using clear, appropriate, and targeted ways of explaining what people should, or should not, be designing in your area, making sure codes get used and how to communicate them using different types of graphics and text, with a practical look at commissioning design work. Including:

• Best use of graphic material
• Emerging use of virtual and emergent reality
• Why physical models are useful

Agenda

09.50 Welcome & Introductions, Sue Vincent (UDL)

10.00 Communicating graphics in the built environment, Bally Meeda (Urban Graphics)

Q&A

Comfort Break

10.30 Briefing designers, Bally Meeda (Urban Graphics)

Q&A

Break

11.00 Case Studies

• Westbury, Tom Mitchell (Met Workshop)
• Oakfield, Swindon, Tom Mitchell (Met Workshop)

Discussion: What are the challenges on communicating and commissioning design?

12.00 Close

Tue 15/11/22, 10am–12.30pm
Zoom
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This session will look at how to understand your area, develop character appraisals and assessments to inform local codes and guides, including the different types of evidence available to help you consider how best to manage change in your area and looking at how codes relate to plan-making. Including:

• Characterisation techniques
• Using data sources
• Setting and managing character areas

Thu 10/11/22, 12–1.30pm
Zoom

Do we have the right support in place to help resource Local Planning Authorities to deliver growth as set out by government? What is the latest on the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, Investment Zones and the direction of travel for planning and the built environment? Join us to discuss these important topics with the Department for Levelling up, Housing and Communities and the Royal Town Planning Institute.

Please note this event is only open to Councillors.

Agenda

12.00 Welcome & Introductions, Cllr. Sue Vincent (UDL) & Anna Rose (PAS)

12.15 Levelling Up Update, Joanna Averley (DLUHC)

12.30 Planning to Level Up, Richard Blyth (RTPI)

12.45 Questions & Discussions

13.15 Championing Good Design, Cllr Dr Tumi

Hawkins (South Cambridgeshire District Council)

13.25 Next Steps & 21st February Meeting Agenda

13.30 Close

Wed 12/10/22, 10am–12pm
Zoom
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We will look at what you need as an organisation to be in the best place to deliver place design including the skills and capacity of your teams, digital tools, design codes and resources at your disposal and how your organisation can champion good design. Including:

• How to gauge your own capacity and capabilities
• Options for growing your own expertise
• How best to procure and use external input

10.00 Introduction, Sue Vincent (UDL)

10.05 Getting Fit to Deliver

• Capacity & Capability Research update, David Waterhouse (DLUHC)
• Skills & staff capacity needed, Laura Alvarez (Nottingham City Council)

Q&A

Break

11.10 Local Authority experience:

• Resourcing & skills in development management, Brett Leahy (LB Enfield}
• Audits & raising qualities across departments, Chris King (East Suffolk Council)

11.45 Challenges & Case Studies, Alex Govier (Public Practice)

Discussion Q&A

12.00 Round up & close

Tue 04/10/22, 10am–12.30pm
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Helping delegates gain an understanding of what makes a great neighbourhood. We will look at the characteristics of well-designed places, how these can help achieve planning and wider policy objectives and the tools and processes we need to get a good outcome. Including:

• Why we need good placemaking and place design
• Setting out the principles of good design
• Introducing design tools, codes, and processes

Tue 27/09/22, 10am–12.30pm
Zoom
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This session will discuss the different design related tools at your disposal and when each can best be used. 

We will look at the roles of policy, masterplans and design codes to set early design requirements and then pre apps design and access statements design review and conditions to see how best to manage design through the planning application process. 

Lastly we will learn about design trackers as a way of ensuring quality flows from concept to build out.

Agenda

10.00 Welcome & Introduction, Sue Vincent (Urban Design London) and PAS

10.10 Why design code? Sarah Allan (DLUHC)

10.20 Design tools: benefits and how they can work together, Anna Rose (PAS)

Q&A

10.40 Mentimeter questions

10.50 Break

11.00 Tools in detail and when to use them

• The design tracker, Alistair Crockett (LB Camden)
• Policy, plan making and design guidance, James Arnold (NW Leicestershire)
• Briefs, masterplans and codes, Peter Garitsis (Swindon BC) and Nicole Gillett (Swindon BC)

Q&A

• Pre-application and negotiations, Jack Bennett (Uttlesford DC)
• Design Review, Pippa Goldfinger (Design West)
• Design & Access Statements, Graeme Moore (Oldham Council)

Q&A

12.30 Code clubs: Accessible platforms for knowledge

exchange

12:40 Mentimeter questions

13.00 Close