This CD is intended to help people involved in the planning process to achieve better outcomes in terms of architecture and uban design. It summarises and draws lessons from a series of seminars held in the north west of England during spring 2004. The conclusions we drew from the series provide practical ways to avoid mistakes. Among others they stress: - Looking at the broad economic, social and physical context when planning a project
- Using a formal design or planning brief for important sites, including an inventory of what is of townscape or architectural value
- Setting a standard for design quality and sticking to it, both for buildings and for urban design
- Allowing time for design, not rushing into things
- Undertaking thorough pre-application discussions between applicants and local planning authorities
- Appraising planning applications rigorously, using check-lists such as those in Building in Context and By Design
- Refusing applications that don't come up to scratch from an architectural or design point of view.
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