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These one-day training events, for officers and elected members, will develop an understanding of the National Design Guide and support people involved in planning, housing and regeneration teams to deliver more, good quality, well-designed homes and successful places.
After training delegates can expect to:
- understand how the Guide relates to local policy and planning practice;
- become familiar with the 10 characteristics in the Guide and their interconnections;
- understand design frameworks and how they fit into wider national planning policy; and
- be able to make practical use of the Guide to evaluate design quality.
Venue
321 Bradford Street, Birmingham, B5 6ET
The recently published National Design Guide challenges us to rethink local design policy and how we evaluate design quality. In order to make effective planning decisions officers and elected members need to understand what the guide says and how to use it. As part of the Design Network, Design Midlands is pleased to offer National Design Guide learning events for Local Planning Authorities in the East Midlands.
Delegates can expect to: - understand how the National Design Guide relates to local planning practice - become familiar with the 10 characteristics of the National Design Guide and their interconnections - understand how the framework fits into wider national planning policy - be able to make practical use of the National Design Guide to evaluate design quality.
These events are only for officers and elected members in local planning authorities. For details of other National Design Guide events or to arrange an event for your organisation please email Jo@designmidlands.org
Voluntary Action Leicester
9 Newarke Street
Leicester
LE1 5SN
PLACES ARE LIMITED TO 1 PLACE PER AUTHORITY ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED BASIS. IF THERE ARE ANY PLACES LEFT ONCE ALL BOOKINGS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED WE WILL OFFER THE PLACES OUT TO AUTHORITIES TO SEND MORE DELEGATES
EMC, in conjunction with Design Midlands are running a series of four half day masterclasses.
The seminar will provide an understanding on the importance, benefits and the practicalities in achieving robust SuDS including:
Glenn Howells Architects, 321 Bradford Street, Birmingham, B5 6ET
Local Authority Members of East Midlands Councils and West Midlands Employers - £95 + VAT
Non-members £150 + VAT
Please note that purchase order numbers are required.
David Singleton Director DSA Environment + Design Ltd
David Singleton’s experience covers a wide range of environmental design and management practice, from planning scale down to detailed design working with commercial, voluntary and public sector clients. He is an advisor to CIRIA in the development of guidance for Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) and Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) and worked on the Project Steering Group for the new SuDS Manual.
Matthew Johnson Senior Engineer MEng CEng MICE. Arup
Matthew Johnson is a senior civil engineer with Arup in Nottingham and is a Chartered member of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Matthew has been involved in numerous civil engineering and infrastructure projects, with over 11 years of experience as a consultant engineer. His technical strengths are sustainable drainage schemes and flood risk assessment, covering projects from planning to completion. He has been involved in drainage schemes for aviation, rail, residential, industrial, commercial, educational, and energy projects. Matthew is passionate about learning and applying technical expertise to challenging projects.
Professional, practical and useable training courses for local authority officers, the voluntary and private sector with an interest in the practicalities of place making. Numbers of attendees are limited to support discussion between participants and the trainer.
The courses will provide participants with current best practice and an enhanced understanding of each subject.
EMC, in conjunction with Design Midlands are running a series of four half day masterclasses.
The seminar will help participants to understand the aims and objectives of Manual for Streets and Manual for Streets 2 and provide practical guidance on its use and application.
It will provide a critical review of the problems and barriers in applying Manual for Streets, including providing an update on recent case studies and planning appeals.
Glenn Howells Architects, 321 Bradford Street, Birmingham, B5 6ET
Local Authority Members of East Midlands Councils and West Midlands Employers - £95 + VAT
Non-members £150 + VAT
Please note that purchase order numbers are required.
Phil Jones BSc Hons Civil Engineering Chairman, PJA
Phil is a Chartered Civil Engineer with over 30 years’ experience in traffic engineering, transport planning and urban design.
He founded Phil Jones Associates in 2003; the PJA group of companies now provides services in transport planning, engineering and placemaking and employs around 70 staff based in five UK offices.
Phil was a member of the team that produced Manual for Streets for the Department for Transport (DfT) in 2007, a guide to the design of urban, residential and lightly trafficked streets. Subsequently Phil worked on Designing Streets, a national policy document for the Scottish Government, and was lead writer on Manual for Streets 2 for the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT) and DfT in 2010.
In 2012 Phil was appointed by CIHT as joint editor of the update to their comprehensive publication Transport in the Urban Environment, which is now being published as a series of discrete topic papers, including a review of ‘Shared Space’. He is a member of the CIHT’s Urban Design Panel.
Phil has appeared at around 40 public inquiries and hearings during his career, including giving evidence to the UK Transport Select Committee.
Annabel Keegan MA Urban Design, BA (Hons) Architecture Associate, PJA
Annabel is an Associate at PJA and leads our Placemaking team. She has over 15 years of practical experience in multidisciplinary consultant teams specialising in the delivery of design-led projects both within the public and private sector.
She has a keen interest in improving the quality of streets and public spaces and has been involved in a range of projects developing innovative street and public realm designs. She is passionate about achieving synergy between transport planning and urban design.
She is currently a member of the Design Midlands, Design South East and HEDP Design Review Panels which provide independent, objective, expert feedback on the design of proposed developments and is also a Built for Life 12 assessor.
Professional, practical and useable training courses for local authority officers, the voluntary and private sector with an interest in the practicalities of place making. Numbers of attendees are limited to support discussion between participants and the trainer.
The courses will provide participants with current best practice and an enhanced understanding of each subject.
EMC, in conjunction with Design Midlands are running a series of four half day masterclasses.
We are often left feeling that new development lacks character, that it could ‘be anywhere’ and that it doesn’t ‘fit in’. But what do we mean by character and why do we often fall so short of the mark? In this seminar we will attempt to unpick the tricky topic of character, explore what we can do to improve it, and how we can avoid common pitfalls in new development.
Glenn Howells Architects, 321 Bradford Street, Birmingham, B5 6ET
Local Authority Members of East Midlands Councils and West Midlands Employers - £95 + VAT
Non-members £150 + VAT
Please note that purchase order numbers are required.
Garry Hall Director Urban Forward Ltd
Garry is an urban designer who specialises in larger-scale developments such as new settlements and urban extensions. He has extensive experience in producing character assessments, design guides and design codes. He is also an editor for the Building for Life consortium, who write and manage the nationally recognised BfL12 system.
Garry set up Urban Forward Ltd in 2011 and has since been involved in Tresham Garden Village, Ebbsfleet Garden City, and the 15 thousand homes planned around Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough.
Garry sits on several Design Review panels and chairs the East Midlands DRP. He also runs training and seminar programs across the country aimed at improving design skills for all sectors.
Professional, practical and useable training courses for local authority officers, the voluntary and private sector with an interest in the practicalities of place making. Numbers of attendees are limited to support discussion between participants and the trainer.
The courses will provide participants with current best practice and an enhanced understanding of each subject.
EMC, in conjunction with Design Midlands are running a series of four half day masterclasses.
In this seminar, we will be looking at how to maximise every aspect of positive impact, through our green space design. Focusing on how we can shape green spaces to make unique, integral, meaningful places.
We will identify where soft landscape and green infrastructure can make a tangible, lasting difference.
Glenn Howells Architects, 321 Bradford Street, Birmingham, B5 6ET
Local Authority Members of East Midlands Councils and West Midlands Employers - £95 + VAT
Non-members £150 + VAT
Please note that purchase order numbers are required.
Fiona Heron RSA MSc MA CMLI
Fiona Heron is a Landscape Architect particularly interested in place making which embraces an holistic approach to landscape.
In both public and private sectors, Fiona Heron Design focuses on high quality integrated landscape and fine art solutions at conceptual and detailed design stages. During 20yrs of experience she has worked with a wide range of environmental professionals
She is an Opun Design Review Panel Member, a Trustee and panel member for Urban Vision, North Staffs and has acted as strategic Landscape Consultant with the Joint Planning Unit, Northampton, on Urban Design Policy and housing developments.
She has a developed a specialist design consultancy role for paragraph 79 houses and acted as Landscape Architect and Expert Witness on a successful planning appeal.
Formerly a Senior Landscape Architect with the City of Nottingham, Fiona designed and project-managed major renewal schemes as well as co-authored the Nottingham Open Space Strategy, Play Space Policy and assisted with landscape and green Local Plan Issues.
She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, has written articles for the Landscape Institute Journal and has been visiting lecturer/ tutor at Sheffield and Nottingham Universities. Several of her City Centre designs are featured in Pevsner (Nottingham)
Professional, practical and useable training courses for local authority officers, the voluntary and private sector with an interest in the practicalities of place making. Numbers of attendees are limited to support discussion between participants and the trainer.
The courses will provide participants with current best practice and an enhanced understanding of each subject.
