Local
Authorities
We would like to know…
Do you have resources to assess and set strategies for the pattern, scale and design quality of places in your local plan?
Does the design quality of a site reflect the vision for that site as set out in your local plan?
Can you visualise housing mix and density when setting dwelling numbers?
Does your affordable housing mix conflict with housing density policy?
Do you need framework plans to set out your vision and do you have resources to review your plan every five years?
…this is what we do for you
Local Plans (design sections) positively prepared, justified, effective and consistent
with national policy.Development Briefs setting out your vision for a specific site.
Design Guides to guide planning applicants to deliver the design quality you set.
Masterplans to capture and communicate your vision for your site.
Design Codes to ensure delivery of the design quality in your vision for the site.
Design Quality Reviews and assessments based on clear evidence.
Pre-design services:
Analysis of sites and their surroundings
Preparation of a suite of Framework Plans
Preparation of local density & character studies
Production of studies of wider area connections
Engagement with Parish and Town Councils through presentations and discussions
Delivery of public exhibition events and online consultations
Preparation of planning policy assessments and evidence
Get any time access to our growing collection of how-to guides, example documents and video tutorials
and all this means…
We understand the challenges of the planning process and can assist with delivering your vision for attractive sustainable placemaking through design excellence.
We understand the planning processes and challenges you face. We will design and communicate your vision, at local plan, or site specific level, ensuring that design quality is communicated and achieved.
We also understand house builders, developers and land agents and their business challenges. With that knowledge we can assist in setting up good relationships between applicants, local authorities and the communities they serve. Understanding their business drivers as well as your challenges means that we can help you set and communicate achievable design quality goals through development briefs, design guides and design codes, that will deliver your vision.
This 1:500 scale model of a development in Cambridge was used as part of public consultation event. As well as fun, the cake model was a valuable tool to inform scale and massing without looking like the design was already predetermined.