A fresh look at how we use models to inform schemes and how modelling for pedestrians and cyclists can be part of this process.

A valuable get-together for those working in housing and regeneration teams in Local Boroughs and Housing Associations; we will be discussing and debating best practice for building and managing homes.

Examining how planners can consider and influence the design of public spaces to deliver high quality places; offering local economic, environmental and social benefits.

Including:

• Neil Deely, Metropolitan Workshop
• Landscape Makes the Liveable City – Fenella Griffin, Untitled Practice
• Interchange Design: Designing for Desire Lines – Marta Liut, TfL
• Design in the Historic Context – Marie Burns, Burns + Nice

Sponsored by Metropolitan Workshop

Delegates will consider how to deliver good growth in their borough over the next 10 years by setting out the range of homes needed in the area and identifying what works best where.

Including:

• Small Sites Targets – Jon Herbert & Jon Goodall, Troy Planning
• Housing Typologies – Jo McCafferty, Levitt Bernstein
• From a Borough Perspective – Mark Baigent, LB Tower Hamlets
  + Camden Courtyards Site Visit

Sponsored by Barratt London

An overview of London’s recent cycling revolution, what is happening now, and how has our understanding of designing for cycling developed through experience.

Including:

• TfL Project & Programme Updates
• Mini Holland Updates – Richard Eason, LB Enfield
• Perceptions of Driving & Cycling – Rachel Aldred, University of Westminster
• Views from Abroad – Brian Deegan, Urban Movement

Sponsored by WSP

Delegates will propose ways to ensure strategic opportunities for movement will be delivered alongside new growth and support local connections to new public spaces, schools and community facilities.

Including:

• Old Kent Road – Colin Wilson, LB Southwark
• Crossrail – Sam Richards, TfL
• Tottenham Hale – Emily Read, LB Haringey
• Thamesmead – Frances Alder, TfL

Sponsored by Street Behaviour

Considering how technology is supporting planning work; including community engagement, decision making and project delivery.

Including:

• Sensecity – Marco Maria Pedrazzo, Carlo Ratti Architects
• Smarticipate – Jo Hammond, RBKC
• Future Tech – Gareth Sumner, TfL
• Word-of-Mouth in the Digital Age – Savannah de Savary, Built-ID

An opportunity for those involved in managing and providing advice on design review panels to discuss best practice and emerging issues.

Including: 

• Capacity Skills Survey & The London Quality Review Charter – Matthew Turner, GLA
• OPDC Community Review Group – Jan Ackenhausen, OPDC
• Essex County Council – Chris Kind, Peter Dawson and Martin Ivatt, ECC

Looking at how technology is changing the way we access and use transport services, and the impact this can have on the physical nature of places.

How can we deliver good design and what are the benefits?  We will discuss the principles of design with renowned author, Rob Cowan and focus on the Design Principles in the London Plan. How will this work in practice?  Supporting councillors role as leaders in the community, we will investigate design review and see it in action. 

Please note that this event is specifically for Councillors.

With a focus on London’s environment; we discuss the importance of delivering green infrastructure in your borough and learn how to assess landscape proposals and drawings in a practical workshop.

We will be interrogating the environmental and safety aspects of tall buildings in a series of expert presentations and on the ground at a tall building under construction.   

We are off to Brixton for a practical heritage workshop with expert David McDonald, and visiting the recently renovated Lambeth Town Hall and nearby The Department Store. Spaces are limited due to site visit restrictions so book early to avoid disappointment.

We will be rolling up our sleeves for a practical workshop session; offering helpful guidance for schemes entered for the Mayor’s Clean Air Fund 2018.

Join us for an investigation into the environmental and social impact of tower clusters in the planning pipeline; will they provide the housing we need and create prosperous neighbourhoods for everyone in the community?

We will be working together to create a redevelopment plan for a former industrial site; looking at how a site can provide new public space and housing for its local community.