RELEVANT LEEDS CITY COUNCIL POLICIES AND INITIATIVES

Leeds City Council, City Centre Management (March 1995) :
City Centre Street Style - design guide for streets and spaces (due to be updated 2000)

Leeds City Council, Department of Planning & Environment (DPE) :
Leeds Unitary Development Plan (revised draft - modified following Inspectors report, Aug 2000)

Leeds City Council, Department of Planning (1993) :
Design Aid : Shops and Shopfronts (draft)

Leeds City Council, Department of Planning (1997) :
Security Design Guide for Shops and Other Commercial Properties (draft)

Leeds City Council, Department of Planning (March 1995) :
Site Development Guide

Leeds City Council, English Heritage, Heritage Lottery Fund (1995-) :
Conservation Area Partnerships (Hanover Square and Woodhouse Square (April 1996-9), Clarendon Road (April 1998-2001), Riverside (April 1995-8))

Leeds City Council, Department of Planning 30-6-97 (Development Services Group Committee) :
Gateways and Corridors - Signs of the City Lottery Bid

Leeds City Council, Department of Planning (1998) :
Sustainable Development Design Guide

Leeds City Council, (ongoing) :
Leeds Lighting Code of Practice

Leeds City Council (ongoing) :
The City Centre Facelift Programme and Lighting Initiative (grant schemes)

Leeds City Council (ongoing) :
City Centre Yards and Arcades Improvement Programme (Recently completed - Hirsts Yard, St John's Court, Pitfall Street, Pine Court, Ship Inn Yard) Footway Improvement Programme (highway improvement schemes)

Leeds City Council, (ongoing) City Centre Capital Projects - Streets and Spaces schemes
(City Square, Briggate, King Edward Street, Lower Albion Street, Bridge End / Water Lane, Kirkgate (Call Lane - Wharf Street), Dortmund Square, Lands Lane, Greek Street, Merrion Gardens, Park Square, Civic Square (Millennium funds), Railway Bridges Environmental Improvement schemes)

Leeds City Council, with partners (developing) Waterfront Strategy including lighting

Leeds City Council, Dept of Planning & Environment (ongoing) :
The City of Leeds Award for Architecture

Leeds City Council, Dept of Planning & Environment (ongoing) :
The Leeds Lighting Award

Leeds City Council, Equal Opportunity Unit (1999) :
Leeds Access Guide

Leeds City Council, Leisure Services Department :
Map indicating Leeds City Council managed planting areas in the City Centre

Leeds City Council, Leeds Development Agency and City Centre Management (1998 and 1999) :
City Centre Audit (First and Second Annual Reports)

Leeds Initiative (1993) : Leeds Lighting Vision :
Developing the Night Time Environment

Leeds Initiative (1996-) :
'Pride in the City - the Leeds Initiative Millennium Project' Leeds City Council application November 1996

Leeds Initiative (1997-) :
Vision for Leeds process inter-departmental / partnership initiative (1997 continuing) including 'Vision for Leeds Action Plan' (1999) and 'Vision for Leeds - A Strategy for Sustainable Development' (1999)

Leeds Initiative (1997-) :
Millennium Square Leeds Initiative Millennium Project 1997

Leeds Inititiative (1997) :
Leeds - the making of a city centre

West Yorkshire Local Plan Steering Group and West Yorkshire Integrated Transport Forum (5 West Yorkshire District Councils and West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority (1999) :
West Yorkshire Provisional Local Transport Plan
(incorporating and updating Leeds City Council, Department of Highways and Transportation : Leeds Transport Strategy, including 'Transport Leeds - a Summary of the City's Transport Strategy' 1992)

West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority (1997-) :
Leeds Supertram including extension order Listed Building and Conservation Area Consent and Urban Design - Design Mitigation Drawings PTE (February 1997)

 

DESIGN FRAMEWORKS / INITIATIVES IN OTHER LOCAL AUTHORITY AREAS

Birmingham City Council (mid 1990s) :
City Centre Strategy

Birmingham City Council (April 1990) :
City Centre Strategy - Birmingham Urban Design Studies stage 1 prepared by Tibbalds, Colbourne, Karski, Williams

Gateshead and Newcastle Urban Design Initiatives - Gateshead Townscape - people and places (1999) referring to Newcastle Cityscape 'Streets for People' study (1997) prepared by Northumbria Branch of RIBA

Glasgow City Council : summary of Glasgow approach to design strategy in Carmona, Matthew (1996) :
'Glasgow City Centre : An Integrated Approach to Urban Quality' paper to 'Innovation and Best Practice in Design Control Conference' 20th March 1996

Gosport Borough Council (1996) :
Landscape and Urban Assessment for Gosport (article in Planning, 29-11-96, pg. 26-7)

London Borough of Croydon (1999) prepared by EDAW for variety of sponsors/clients :
Croydon 2020 - the thinking and the Vision - executive summary

London Borough of Richmond (1981) : Environmental Character Study (cited in Hall AC (1996))

Manchester City Council (May 1995) :
City Centre Development Guide a joint venture by Hulme Regeneration Ltd. and Manchester City Council

Manchester City Council (June 1994) : Re-building the City - a guide to development, Hulme, Manchester [Hulme Regeneration Ltd.]

Stoke City Council (January 1998) :
Design Strategy for the Built Environment - Putting People First prepared by Department of Planning, Development and Environment

 

NATIONAL DESIGN POLICIES AND INITIATIVES

Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) and Department of the Environment,
Transport and the Regions (DETR) (2000) :
By Design - urban design in the planning system: towards better practice [Thomas Telford Publishing]

Department of the Environment (1994) :
Quality in Town and Country Initiative

Department of the Environment (URBED) (1994) :
Vital and Viable Town Centres : Meeting the Challenge [HMSO]

Department of the Environment (1996) :
Greening the City - a guide to good practice [DOE]

Department of the Environment and Department of National Heritage (September 1997) :
Planning Policy Guidance Note 15 'Planning and the Historic Environment' [HMSO]

Department of the Environment (February 1997) :
Planning Policy Guidance Note 1 'General Policy and Principles' [HMSO]

Department of Environment Transport and the Regions - Urban Task Force Report (June 1999) :
Towards an Urban Renaissance - Final Report of the Urban Task Force Chaired by Lord Rogers of Riverside [Crown Copyright]

English Heritage (1997) :
Conservation Area Appraisals - defining the special architectural or historic interest of Conservation Areas [EH]

English Partnerships (1996) :
Time for Design - a good practice guide in Buildings, Landscape and Urban Design [EP]

 

BACKGROUND

Alexander, Christopher (1977) :
A Pattern Language

Anderson, Stansford (ed) (1978) :
On Streets [MIT Press]

Banerjee, T, Southworth, M (eds) (1990) :
City Sense and City Design : Writings and Projects of Kevin Lynch [MIT Press]

Bentley I, Alcock A, Murrain P, McGlynn S, Smith G (1985) :
Responsive Environments - a manual for designers [Architectural Press]

Broadbent, Geoffrey (1990) :
Emerging Concepts in Urban Space Design [Van Nostrand Reinhold]

Burt S and Grady K (1994) :
'The Illustrated History of Leeds' [Breedon Books]

Chapman D (ed.) (1996) :
Creating Neighbourhoods and Places in the Built Environment [EFN Spon]
(esp. chapter 6 : Sparks L, Chapman D 'Environment and Space')

Coupland A (ed.) (1997) :
Reclaiming the City - mixed use development [E&FN Spon]

Cowan Robert (1997) :
The Connected City - a new approach to making cities work [Urban Initiatives]

Cullen, G (1961) :
'Townscape' [Architectural Press]

Greed C and Roberts M (1998) :
Introducing Urban Design : Interventions and Responses [Longman]

Hall, AC, (1996) :
Design Control : towards a new approach [Butterworth Architecture]

Hass-Klau, C, et al (1999) :
Streets as Living Space - helping public places play their proper role [Landor Publishing Ltd]

Haughton, G, and Williams, C (eds) (1996) :
Corporate City ? : Partnership, participation and partition in urban development in Leeds [Avebury]
(esp. chapter 12 Smales, Lindsay, and Whitney, David : 'Inventing a better place : Urban Design in Leeds in the post-war era')

Jacobs, A (1993) :
On Streets [MIT Press]

Jacobs, Jane (1961) :
The Death and Life of the Great American Cities [Pelican]

Kostof, Spiro (1991) :
The City Shaped : Urban Patterns and Meanings throughout History [Thames and Hudson]

Kostof, Spiro (1992) :
The City Assembled : The Elements of Urban Form through History [Thames and Hudson]

Krier, Rob (1979) :
Urban Space [London : Academy Editions]

Leeds Civic Trust : Walkabout Series :
Waterfront East, Waterfront West, Leeds Statues Trail, Briggate Yards and Arcades, Civic Pride Trail, and Places of Worship Trail
[Leeds Civic Trust and Leeds City Council]

Leeds Civic Trust (1999) :
Whose Waterfront is it ? [Leeds Civic Trust]

Leeds Civic Trust (by Brian Godward) (1999) :
Leeds Then and Now - a Photographic record of the 20th century buildings of Leeds [Leeds Civic Trust]

Landscape Institute (1996) :
Streets for People - a policy statement [Landscape Institute]

Le Corbusier (1933/64) :
The Radiant City [Faber & Faber Ltd]

Moughtin, Cliff (1992) :
Urban Design - Street and Square [Butterworth Architecture]

Moughtin C, Oc T and Tiesdell S (1995) :
Urban Design - Ornament and Decoration [Butterworth Architecture]

Moughtin, Cliff (1996) :
Urban Design - Green Dimension [Butterworth Architecture]

Moughtin C, Cuesta R, Sarris C and Signoretta P (1999) :
Urban Design - Method and Techniques [Architectural Press]

Punter J, Carmona M and Platts A (1996) :
Sources of Design Policy - a bibliographic guide [Centre for Planning - University of Strathclyde]

Rowe C and Koetter F (1976) :
Collage City [MIT Press]

Royal Fine Arts Commission (1994) :
What Makes a Good Building [HMSO]

Sherlock, Harley (1991) :
Cities are Good For Us [Palladin]

Sudjic, Deyan (1992) :
100 Mile City [Andre Deutsch]

Tiesdell S, Oc T, and Heath T (1996) :
Revitalizing Historic Urban Quarters [Architectural Press] (esp. chapter 7 : 'Design in Historic Urban Quarters')

Tibbalds, Francis (1992) :
Making People Friendly Places [Longman]

Tugnatt A , Robertson M (1987) :
Making Townscape - a contextual approach to building in an urban setting [Mitchell, London]

Urban Design Group (1998) :
Urban Design Source Book [UDG]

Urban Design Group (1998) :
Involving Local Communities in Urban Design - Promoting Good Practice
Urban Design Group's Public Participation Programme supported by DETR (Urban Design Quarterly July 1998) [UDG]

Venez Moudon, A (ed) (1991) Public Spaces for Public Use [Columbia University Press]

 

SOME RELEVANT ARTICLES / ACADEMIC PAPERS

Baber, Peter (1996) :
'Design Policy gets shelved by DOE' short article re- Punter's research and call for PPG
in Urban Design and Landscape Planning Week 13-6-96 pg.8

Biddulph M and Punter J (Eds)(1999) :
'Urban Design Strategies in Practice' Built Environment Vol.25 No.4 pp. 281-385

Black, David (et al)(1996) :
'Urban Design Strategies for Millennium Cities' (Leeds Conference) Urban Design Quarterly October 1996 pp. 18-35

Caird, James (1996) : 'Calling for decisive action in common design cause' Planning 7-6-96 pg.7

Carmona, Matthew (1996) :
'Controlling Urban Design - Part 1 : A Possible Renaissance' Journal of Urban Design Vol. 1, No. 1, 1996 pp 47-73

Carmona, Matthew (1998) :
'Design Control - Bridging the Professional Divide, Part 1 : A New Framework' Journal of Urban Design Vol. 3, No. 2, 1998 pp 175-200

Carmona, Matthew (1998) :
'Design Control - Bridging the Professional Divide, Part 2 : A New Concensus' Journal of Urban Design Vol. 3, No. 3, 1998 pp 331-358

Cowan, Robert (et al)(1997) :
'The New Urban Design Agenda' Urban Design Quarterly July 1997 pp. 18-37

Field, Jeff :
'Silent supporters stand firm on design guidance' Planning 22-11-96

Hirst, Clayton (1996) :
'New Solutions to Urban Issues' short article re- '..an unprecedented recognition of a new discipline - urban design'
Planning Week 15-8-96 pg.12

Johnston, Bryan (1996) : 'Traditional urban planning lacks creative impulse' Planning 23-2-96 pg. 8-9

Johnston, Bryan (1996) :
'Last call for Planners to make places for people' Planning 14-6-96 pg.6-7

Kiley, Dan (1995) :
'The square and the park' Urban Design Quarterly January 1995

Lloyd-Jones, Tony (1996) :
'Exploring the City' Building Design 28-6-96

Mageean, Andrea (1999) :
'Development : Character Appraisal and Analysis' Journal of Architectural Conservation No.3 Nov 1998, pp 59-77

Montgomery, John (1996) :
'Cities need colour' Planning Week 7-11-96 pg. 14-15

Montgomery, John (1998) :
' Making a City : Urbanity, Vitality and Urban Design' Journal of Urban Design Vol. 3, No. 1, 1998 pp 93-115

Punter, John (1994) :
'Design Control in Europe' article in Built Environment Vol.20 No.2 pg 85 etc.

Rowland, Jon (1996) :
'The Urban Design Process' Urban Design Quarterly Issue 56 Oct 1995 pp 22-27

Samuels, Ivor (1995) :
'Better by Design' (re-new urban framework Asnieres, France) Planning Week 13-7-95 pg.18-9

Smales, L and Burgess, M (1999) :
'Tapping into Local Talent: The Production of Leeds City Centre Urban Design Strategy' Built Environment Vol.25 No.4 pp. 300-316

Tiesdell S and Oc T (1998) :
'Beyond 'fortress' and 'panoptic' cities - towards a safer urban public realm'
Environment and Planning B : Planning and Design 1998 Vol. 25, pp 639-655