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...
The Place Alliance, which campaigns for place quality, today welcomed the new strong endorsement in the revised NPPF for the importance of design. The new policy leaves no doubt that design should be taken seriously by local authorities and developers alike and should...
New research demonstrates that independent design review improves the design of buildings and brings clear benefits to the quality of places. Research carried out by the Place Alliance, supported by the Mayor of London and Urban Design London, provides convincing...
The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) Technical Consultation on Implementation of Planning Changes (February 2016) closes this Friday. It focuses on a range of issues relating to the provisions of the new Housing and Planning Bill and other...
