collaborative working

Guidance published on how Planning Performance Agreements (PPAs) can speed up development RUDI subscribers only

June 15, 2008 - A new guide to speed up planning partnerships between councils and developers has been published by Planning Minister Iain Wright. It sets outs how voluntary Planning Performance Agreements (PPAs) between a local planning authority and an applicant can help speed up major developments in England. more >

All parties working together: Dove Lane, Bristol Free to all

All parties working together: Dove Lane, Bristol

The Dove Lane project in St Paul’s, Bristol, encouraged a collaborative approach in two ways: an innovative community consultation plan engaged the public, while the development partners signed a Planning Performance Agreement (PPA). By Jim Weddell, urban design director at RPS

Rob Aspland, Director, LDA Design and Chris Levine, artist: Creating magic, myth and spectacle Free to all

Rob Aspland, Director, LDA Design and Chris Levine, artist: Creating magic, myth and spectacle
Rob Aspland, Director, LDA Design & Chris Levine, artist:Creating magic, myth and spectacle

The 'People’s Playground', an artist/urban design collaboration, will transform Blackpool’s central seafront into a year-round urban park that harnesses the town’s unique relationship with light and illumination

Fairytale or horror story... Urban designer and artist collaboration: what value does it bring? Free to all

Fairytale or horror story... Urban designer and artist collaboration: what value does it bring?

Collaborative practice between artists and urban designers produces creative solutions for urban environments; enhancing the quality of urban design and creating imaginative environments that reflect local identity and meet communities’ needs.

RUDI and Public Art South West (PASW) presented a one-day conference with the aim of informing, challenging and debating collaborative practice in the realm of contemporary art and urban design.

Multimedia presentations from the day, featuring sound, graphics, slides and video, are available to view

Upton: design codes as a collaborative tool Free to all

Upton: design codes as a collaborative tool

At Upton, design codes have been used to raise the standard of housebuilding and encourage developers to explore the Northamptonshire vernacular rather than to prescribe architectural style, say Guy Briggs and Giles Thomson