To help promote the new National Design Guide, Design Network partners Design Midlands and Creating Excellence are running a series of free webinars providing an overview of the National Design Guide.  These will include best practice demonstrations and reflection on the post-covid19 world. The webinars will be interactive, with the Panel using questions and comments from the […]

During 2019 the Design Network organised a series of roundtable conversations between the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) and councillors and planning officers across the country. MHCLG representatives attended to listen and learn about the day to day barriers local authorities were finding when looking to deliver well designed, high quality homes. […]

Two well-established design support charities have merged to form Design:Midlands which launches officially on 26 September 2019.  Design:Midlands offers design review services, planning support and design training across the East and West Midlands.  The merger brings together two charities, Opun and MADE who served the East and West Midlands regions respectively for many years.  Design:Midlands […]

We have developed course content and delivered training events to town planners and elected members from local authorities. Throughout 2018 and 2019 our planning training has focused on using the “Councillor’s Companion for design in Planning” and “The Design Companion for Planning and Placemaking”, to provide a high quality design training programme delivered across the […]