urban design

Housing developments more likely to be rejected for poor design

26.04.2022

Huw Morris

building design | Design | England | Housing | UCL | urban design

The Planning Inspectorate is now three times as likely to back local authority rejections of housing developments for poor design following last year’s revision of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).
Appeal: ‘High-quality design’ justifies 92-home Coventry scheme

29.05.2019

Matt Moody

affordable housing | building design | Design | distribution | Housing | urban design | West Midlands

An inspector has granted reserved matters approval for 92 homes between Coventry and Nuneaton, ruling that the scheme demonstrated ‘many of the principles of high-quality urban design’.
Appeal: High-quality modern extension allowed in Hammersmith conservation area

27.07.2017

Design | extension | Heritage | Housing | London | urban design | west london

An inspector has granted permission for a complex development involving a three-storey extension to three interlinked buildings in the Hammersmith Broadway conservation area, praising the scheme’s...
International in focus: Alice Charles

26.04.2017

Alice Charles

Community Engagement | Design | Geneva | International | liveable city | Professional Development | urban design | World Economic Forum

Alice Charles is based in Geneva, where she leads on urban development for the World Economic Forum. Here are her thoughts on planning in Geneva and the need for broader...
Can planners design disorder?

31.10.2016

Dr Pablo Sendra

Design | Public Realm | public space | UK | urban design

Planning tends towards order and rigidity. But a little "positive disorder" can generate informal, people-friednly spaces that ar emore widely used, says Pablo Sendra
In search of harmony: An interview with Matthew Carmona

29.06.2016

David Blackman

Design | England | Farrell Review | London | Planner-interview | public realm | Regeneration | town centres | urban design

From protecting public rights in private spaces to ensuring ‘permission in principle’ preserves local character, Matthew Carmona is determined to reconcile public interest and private gain in well-designed...
International in focus: Nour El Nawawi

21.04.2016

Nour El Nawawi

Cairo | Community Engagement | Development Management & Enforcement | Egypt | Housing | International | urban design

How do planners around the world find their work? What sort of challenges are they facing? We spoke to Nour El Nawawi, an urban economic planner working in Cairo, Egypt
Freedom of the city?

05.12.2014

George Weeks

Community Engagement | Development Management & Enforcement | public realm | Social infrastructure | Southbank | UK | urban design | young people

Are we designing young people out of our cities? We asked two young planners and listened to a talk by a teenage skater who successfully campaigned to save the Southbank skate park in London