The whole process at a glance

Our guide takes you through the whole large scale urban design process, step-by-step.

Prepare – understand the challenge

• Setting up a project management structure
  • Select the project team
  • Select the project steering group
  • Select a project champion
  • Write your project management plan
• Scoping the project
  • Organise a scoping workshop
  • Determine the spatial boundary
• Preparing the stakeholder communication plan
  • Identify all potential stakeholders
  • Plan the stakeholder involvement
• Gathering background information
  • Review existing documents
  • Source missing data
  • Explore place identity
  • Create a dataset resource
• Summarising and mapping information
  • Select relevant data
  • Use GIS where possible
  • Present data clearly
• Analysing information
  • Analyse data
  • Do a positioning study
  • Present analysis to stakeholders
• Writing a brief for the design phase
  • Re-affirm project aims and boundary
  • Review the project structure
  • Consider delivery challenges
  • Finalise design quality aspirations
  • Publish the brief

Design - develop a spatial strategy

• Developing the strategy
  • Plan the design workshops
  • Check workshop logistics
  • Hold the design workshops
  • Share the results
• Testing the options
  • Create a testing process
  • Present the findings
  • Choose a preferred option
• Preparing a design guide
  • Review existing design guidance
  • Draft design guide
  • Develop the guide
  • Publish design guide
• Finalising the spatial strategy
  • Write your report
  • Publish and promote the report

Implement - deliver the strategy

• Developing an implementation plan
  • Understand the challenges
  • Hold an implementation workshop
  • Write your implementation plan
• Planning the delivery
  • Understand delivery mechanisms
  • Identify the delivery options
  • Compare commitments to requirements
  • Decide who will do what
  • Attract new delivery partners
• Delivering the strategy
  • Decide on planning measures
  • Develop a phasing plan
  • Deliver design quality
• Monitoring and revising the strategy
  • Measure the impact of the strategy
  • Revise the strategy