Public Realm

Halifax Historic Core Zone The state of the streetscape is at last beginning to rise up the agendas of politicians and practitioners. After many years of projects and campaigns, together with other organisation, HTF continues to pursue this topic looking at traffic management and the public realm with connectivity. This not only enhances the historic built environment, but there is a growing body of evidence to support the value - in economic and other terms - of investment in the public realm which contributes to regeneration and sustainability.

In March 2009 HTF was invited to join a working group made up of representatives of English Heritage, CABE Space, Living Streets, Colin Davis & Assoc, Urban Design Group, CPRE, Assoc of English National Parks and Ben Hamilton Baillie to input into the Department of Transport's - Traffic Signs Review' .

The 'Manual for Streets' (DfT 2007) which replaces DB32 will make a significant impact on this area (HTF comments). In 2008 the Forum published its answer to this publication - advocating much wider application of the principles - Manual for Historic Streets (2008) . This very rapidly sold out of hard copies and is now available as a pdf on cd.

Following a workshop held in January 2007, the conference in July 2007 in Leicester - Streetscape in Historic Towns - the theory and the implementation- looked at the ambitious City Centre Public Realm Strategy in place there, looking at all aspects of the City regeneration through coordinated improvements to the public realm.

Focus on the Public Realm (2003) also addresses issues related to the streetscape.

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