Urban Design

Urban design graphicWe provide:

  • design & access statements
  • urban design analysis
  • design policy & guidance
  • project formulation
  • funding applications
  • urban design skills training
  • involving communities in design
  • skills and capacity audits
  • design review
  • design advice
  • design enabling
  • evidence and expert witness for appeals
  • contextual analysis

 

Experience includes:

  • Director/Trustee of Urban Vision North Staffordshire Board and member of its Design Review Panel
  • Developed design and heritage training for CABE, the Civic Trust, Urban Vision North Staffordshire and a range of national conferences, including the RTPI Urban Design Conference
  • Written local authority design policy,and guidance, including district wide design strategies and policy, and site-specific design briefs
  • Chairman of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation, the UK professional body for conservation experts and practitioners
  • Member of the RTPI Urban Design Network Steering Group
  • Contributed to national design guidance for the Home Office and DCLG
  • Participated in various government stakeholder and working groups concerned with urban design and related matters
  • Advised on design matters in major schemes, such as hospital and town centre redevelopments
  • CABE enabler