Approach

Planning policy has changed radically in recent years in favour of achieving better design standards in our towns and cities. Yet for every positive policy and framework for creating beautiful places there are as many counter pressures for 'business as usual' such as:-

-	An under resourced public sector
-	Low quality acceptance from the market
-	Developers minimising architectural design expenditure
-	Highway authorities dictating the design of towns by holding the 'trump card' of adoption criteria

 

Somewhere in the middle there are those in the public and private sector - including their designers - who have to act now. We will support those in this position who are trying to break the barriers of delivering design quality on the ground.