Planners and Design Quality- Colin Haylock, RTPI
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The document outlines the role of planners in achieving effective neighborhood design, emphasizing the importance of developing and operating design policies in partnership with communities. It discusses creating a strategic vision, encouraging good design, and building community confidence through communication and tools. The document also highlights best practices through case studies and a checklist for assessing development proposals against community needs and environmental impacts.
Planners and Design Quality- Colin Haylock, RTPI
- 1. The role and contribution of the planner in achieving good design in neighbourhood planning Colin Haylock : RTPI President
- 2. Outline • Creating the climate for good design • Developing design policy • Operating design policy wisely and robustly • Promoting good design • Encouraging good design • Building skills and confidence with and in communities --- but, very importantly • --------- working in partnership
- 3. Developing design policy • Based on a clear understanding of the place at the strategic and local levels • Strategic view • Clearly expressed • At the heart of the Local Plan / Core Strategy • Fighting for and deserving its place in planning and in corporate policy • Only as much detail as is essential • Setting framework for appropriate innovation • Supporting with appropriate guidelines and illustrations
- 4. LDF to Neighbourhood Plan LDF to Neighbourhood Plan Core Strategy and Strategic Design Dimensions LDF workshops Key messages • Tell the story • Set the agenda • Say it clearly Directly transferable to neighbourhood plans
- 5. LDF to Neighbourhood Plan The Tower Hamlets approach
- 6. LDF to Neighbourhood Plan LDF to Neighbourhood Plan The Tower Hamlets approach
- 7. LDF to Neighbourhood Plan The Tower Hamlets approach
- 8. LDF to Neighbourhood Plan LDF to Neighbourhood Plan The Tower Hamlets approach
- 9. Operating design policy wisely and robustly • Having the courage to distinguish principle from detail and interpret policy with appropriate flexibility • Understanding the implications and being willing to argue for considered departure from policy • Build confidence in and with partners – EH : Civic Socs : DC CABE etc • Having the courage to defend policies when they are under pressure • Using the developed understanding with partners to help
- 10. Promoting and encouraging good design • With the public / development industry and their professional teams / Council Members • Awards as exemplars – especially local awards • Using widely respected tools • Working on the Council’s own commissioning -------- are Design Champions dead ?
- 11. Building confidence with and in communities • Getting people talking about place rather than process • Understanding and sharing their concerns • Getting them to talk about aspirations • Using helpful, understandable and respected tools • The Planning Aid skills spreading / capacity – awareness building model • Finding a comfortable way in • Bringing appropriate “moves “ into play
- 12. Redcar and Cleveland: Skelton and Brotton
- 13. Redcar and Cleveland: Skelton and Brotton
- 14. Redcar and Cleveland: Skelton and Brotton
- 15. Skelton and Brotton Neighbourhood Plan
- 16. Redcar and Cleveland: Skelton and Brotton
- 17. Redcar and Cleveland: Skelton and Brotton
- 18. Redcar and Cleveland: Skelton and Brotton
- 19. Local Policy CABE Case Study Library and Building For Life Housing Projects Library Design to delivery 19
- 20. Environment and community 01. Does the development provide (or is it close to) community facilities, such as a school, parks, play areas, shops, pubs or cafes? 02. Is there an accommodation mix that reflects the needs and aspirations of the local community? 03. Is there a tenure mix that reflects the needs of the local community? 04. Does the development have easy access to public transport? 05. Does the development have any features that reduce its environmental impact? Character 06. Is the design specific to the scheme? 07. Does the scheme exploit existing buildings, landscape or topography? 08. Does the scheme feel like a place with distinctive character? 09. Do the buildings and layout make it easy to find your way around? 10. Are streets defined by a well-structured building layout? Streets, parking and pedestrianisation 11. Does the building layout take priority over the streets and car parking, so that the highways do not dominate? 12. Is the car parking well integrated and situated so it supports the street scene? 13. Are the streets pedestrian, cycle and vehicle friendly? 14. Does the scheme integrate with existing streets, paths and surrounding development? 15. Are public spaces and pedestrian routes overlooked and do they feel safe?
- 21. Environment and community 01. Does the development provide (or is it close to) community facilities, such as a school, parks, play areas, shops, pubs or cafes? 02. Is there an accommodation mix that reflects the needs and aspirations of the local community? 03. Is there a tenure mix that reflects the needs of the local community? 04. Does the development have easy access to public transport? 05. Does the development have any features that reduce its environmental impact? Character 06. Is the design specific to the scheme? 07. Does the scheme exploit existing buildings, landscape or topography? 08. Does the scheme feel like a place with distinctive character? 09. Do the buildings and layout make it easy to find your way around? 10. Are streets defined by a well-structured building layout? Streets, parking and pedestrianisation 11. Does the building layout take priority over the streets and car parking, so that the highways do not dominate? 12. Is the car parking well integrated and situated so it supports the street scene? 13. Are the streets pedestrian, cycle and vehicle friendly? 14. Does the scheme integrate with existing streets, paths and surrounding development? 15. Are public spaces and pedestrian routes overlooked and do they feel safe?
- 22. Redcar and Cleveland: Skelton and Brotton
- 23. Neighbourhood Planning in the North East
- 24. Neighbourhood Planning in the North East