The School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment at Nottingham Trent University hosted a successful event recently at Nottingham Conference Centre exploring and debating the challenge of better quality housing schemes.
Peter Bishop, lead investigator of the Design Council, and CABE national and local design review director of Allies and Morrison Urban Practitioners will be speaking at the event. He was joined by Nigel Turpin, heritage and urban designer manager at Nottingham City Council, and chief executive of Blueprint Nick Ebbs.
At a time when it is recognised there is insufficient focus on the provision of new homes and a challenge to develop better quality properties, the Government is proposing radical changes, including the Localism Bill and the draft National Planning Policy Framework. This event looked at those challenges.
Other experts attending the event included David Birkbeck, chief executive of Design for Homes; John Slaughter, director of external affairs, Home Builders Federation; Julie Tanner, chief executive of OPUN – the Architecture and Design Centre for the East Midlands; Tony Mulhall, associate director, RICS Planning and Development Professional Group; Ben Derbyshire, MD of HTA Architects, James Wilson, chief executive at Davidson Homes and Stefan Kruczkowski, principle urban designer of North West Leicestershire District Council.
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