Good design policies are needed if we are to raise the quality of places being delivered. There is now strong support for good urban design in national policies but this needs to be carried through to local level if it is to have real impact on the places in which we live. To achieve this:
Case Study 005 - Government support for Urban Design - World Class Places
Case Study 006 - Integrating urban design in local planning policy - Sheffield City Council
Case Study 007 - Regional Coordination - Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stoke-on-Trent Joint Core Strategy
Case Study 008 - Improving Design Quality - Design Review
Case Study 009 - Regional strategy for design quality - Urban Renaissance Programme
Case Study 010 - A spatial framework to attract inward investment - Birmingham Big City Plan
Case Study 011 - Creating a masterplan to deliver a vision - Moat Lane regeneration project
Case Study 012 - A rating system for green neighbourhoods
Case Study 013 - Setting the standard - Building for Life
Case Study 014 - Promoting excellence in design and sustainability - London Design Guide
Case Study 017 - Understanding the context of the site - Newhall, Harlow
Case Study 018 - Responding to character - arc, Bury St Edmunds
Case Study 019 - Retaining character through a rental scheme - Marylebone High Street
Case Study 021 - Enabling public engagement in the place-making process - Charrette Series
Case Study 101 - The benefits of stakeholder engagement - Raunds Masterplan
Case Study 102 - The benefits of a thorough and tested approach - Penrith
Case Study 103 - Facilitating meaningful community engagement - Sellindge Masterplan
Case Study 104 - Identifying and incorporating costs - Churchfields, Salisbury
Case Study 108 - Setting measurable standards - Edinburgh Standards For Sustainable Building
Case Study 109 - Creating a responsive development framework - Ashford LDF
Case Study 110 - Gaining political support for a framework - Yeovil Urban Development Framework
Case Study 111 - Extracting and emphasising character - Five Arts Cities In Oxford
Case Study 112 - Playing games to identify growth areas - The Ashford Game
Case Study 113 - Creating a spatial strategy for a sub-region - Future Thames Gateway
Case Study 114 - Raising design awareness - Essex Design Initiative
Case Study 123 - Creating a web-based tool to deliver sustainable communities
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