Matthew Carmona discusses in his blog the draft of the English National Planning Policy framework (NPPF) that was launched on the 5th March 2018. He argues that NPPF’s paragraphs on design remained largely intact. Since the early 1990s, Matthew has been writing...
New research demonstrates that independent ‘Design Review’ improves the design of buildings and brings clear benefits to the quality of places. Read more →
The IHBC and partners including Civic Voice, Place Alliance and the Urban Design Group, have written to the Secretary of State at England’s Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government asking government ‘to use the opportunity provided by the revision of the...
