Facilitating a connection with local people
Our work bridges between the development and house-building community and local people. As a trusted third party, with real local knowledge, we act as a platform for developers to communicate with communities and for those communities to feed their knowledge and into the design and planning process – read more
Supporting skills in the sector
We offer development teams in all sectors accessible, accredited and cost-effective intermediate and advanced courses, on key planning and urban design issues. These include:
- Open quarterly workshop and seminar programmes on key planning topics
- Open training seminars on key design tools like Building for Life and Manual for Streets
- Bespoke courses in urban design, architecture and public space developed to suit the specific needs of an organisation – read more
A trusted, independent and consistent source of advice and guidance
We offer support with site appraisals, development of project briefs and selection of the right design teams and we complement this with objective, expert advice on the design quality of a scheme as it progresses through the planning process – read more
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