Placemaking studio working to shape future wellbeing for communities through urban planning, cultural development and community engagement.
Lincoln, England
Joined December 2012
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2. Requiring all developments to contribute towards creating places that work well, feel right and look good.
All easier to say than achieve, I know, but as the quoted report shows, more of the same just won’t work.
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4/…Led by the new NPPF, urban planning should be based on 2 core principles:
1. Creating places that support the well-being of the people whose lives connect in and with them - now and in the future; and…
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3/…With an exception for agricultural (and similar) needs, there should be a ban on developing further housing that is car-dependent: we have plenty of that already, so that choice will still be there for those who want it…
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2/…Place-planning and transport planning have to be fully integrated, with the integrated planning bodies having the resources and powers to deliver as well as plan. Active travel provision and public transport connectivity must be primary requirements…
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The depth of reform needed to ensure new housing is in the right places shouldn’t be underestimated.
It has to include giving public planning and development bodies land assembly and “master developer” powers and a duty to create truly walkable places…1/ theguardian.com/politics/202…
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From this to this 👀
THE ZONE is open Under Pelham Bridge!
From a disused car park to a pop-up youth space for young people aged 11-18 to chill, create, and be themselves!
💰 FREE
📍Under Pelham Bridge, LN5 7LQ
ℹ️ getinthezone.uk
ALT A disused space under a bridge. Rows of pillars line the space, forcing the perspective into the distance. Urban, tarmac, concrete, spray paint.
ALT The exact spot, now featuring a large, colourful trailer and inflatable structures in the distance - beanbags, people, life. In the foreground, young people play table tennis.
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Lessons from #HurricaneBeryl:
Everyone’s heart should cry out for the people of Union Island, Carriacou, St. Vincent, Grenada, parts of Jamaica, St. Lucia, and the fisherfolk of Barbados, all of whom suffered greatly under Hurricane Beryl’s severe blow. thestkittsnevisobserver.com/…
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/3 The tree has also contributed greatly to the quality of life our family and our neighbours have enjoyed and shared. It’s a mature tree; it’s not grown much but it has thrived - and it’s enhanced our well-being.
Growth isn’t everything.
#DoughnutEconomics
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This Lime tree was already mature when we moved in, those 40 years ago. It hasn’t grown much since then - but it continues to thrive. It supports the well-being of generation after generation of birds (families of Jackdaws have lived in it for probably over 100 years) and bees 2/
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I’m sure you are right.
I’m typing this sitting in our garden on a lovely May evening looking past our home to the street-side tree that was one of the reasons we fell in love with this place 40 years ago…1/
#DoughnutEconomics @KateRaworth
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Great report @Localis! 1st recommendation is the need for strategic planning. How many more reports about building resilient places & addressing our key economic, climate & infrastructure challenges will we need before the Government listens? #Bringbackstrategicplanning
🚨🗞️🏗️🏪🏘️📕 | News alert | today we publish 'Design for life - the smart regeneration journey to 2030' - a blueprint for revitalising place in the next political cycle. Read all about it: localis.org.uk/news/local-re… 👏👏In partnership with @NorseGroupLtd
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How about this set of 3 recent publications as core reading for everyone aiming to shape and repurpose places so that they can support the social, economic and overall well-being of those whose lives connect with them and in them?…
#15minuteCity #DesignforLife @DemocracyNet_
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What a fascinating article about another very complex urban challenge. We urgently need to develop properly integrated urban planning, management and maintenance strategies.
🏙️ The world's major cities are facing a significant challenge: soil subsidence, caused by rapid urbanization and rising sea levels, a phenomenon that particularly threatens coastal cities. 🌊
#Urbanization #ClimateChange
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Working with local residents on their design and maintenance, Antwerp is piloting tuinstraten (“garden streets”) in five districts across the city.
They improve resiliency (to flooding and heat), liveability and sociability—making these spaces calmer, greener and more beautiful. – at Antwerp, Belgium
ALT People walk and cycle along a “garden street” in the center of Antwerp, which includes trees, grassy medians, and planted areas between buildings.
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Trams have huge potential to transform urban streets, to make them calmer, cleaner, greener and both more efficient and more sociable. Lighter-touch, lower-cost solutions like this are just what’s needed - particularly for smaller cities.
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Yes, yes, yes!
Visit a UK city with trams - like Manchester, Sheffield or Nottingham for example - and experience how much better the “trammed” streets feel - then imagine how much better again if much of the track-bed was soft, green rain gardens.
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Our film INSECURE was co-created with Geography students & has poetry woven through it. The students created the poems after hearing the stories from the community on how coastal change has impacted them
Hope you enjoy 😊
youtu.be/dV6z0LKobfE?feature…
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The consensus seemed to be that what’s needed for better places isn’t less Planning, but better-resourced Planning.
Good, thought-provoking sessions throughout the day at #Restitch24 in Coventry.
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for Camp Phoenix in @guardian 🔥
"Perfectly pitched" - yeah, I'll take that!
Delighted for the team's graft and dedication to be recognised like this. And BEYOND proud of this week's youth cast @canterburycoll for getting their first review 👏
theguardian.com/stage/2024/f…
