Building for Life 12 - practical help in securing good quality housing. Julie Tanner (MRTPI) Director Creating Excellence & SWDRP Panel Manager

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1 Building for Life 12 - practical help in securing good quality housing Julie Tanner (MRTPI) Director Creating Excellence & SWDRP Panel Manager

2 Creatingexcellence.net

3 South West Design Review Panel Established 2007 not for profit, independent Bespoke large and/or sensitive applications Multi-disciplinary At no cost to LPA Site visits

4 Panel Chairs Vice Chairs Multi-disciplinary

5 Benefits

6 This Government attaches great importance to the design of the built environment

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8 NPPF How to

9 NPPF & design Has the NPPF worked for design? Driven by the market - viability over quality Design Review is it accountable? Who measures effectiveness now (death of CABE) Onus on local authorities to be accountable and meaningful

10 Planning & design Development Plan policies When is design review required? Pre-application stages or to get back on track Fundamental to development management process on large or strategically sensitive developments LPA transparent on their requirements and let market decide to allow independence Are LPAs adequately resourced? PPA and delivery plans

11 Housing White Paper - More land, more speed, more choice but in less time Asked about improving approach to design Pre-app discussions Using recognised design standards (BFL12, possibly design review?) Design not a valid reason to object if accords with design expectations in statutory plans

12 NPPF review NPPF revision expected back end of 2017 Green Belt, Brownfield Land, publicly held land Continue new generation of new communities Starter homes, self build, tenure mix, PPIP NDOs, development plans Post-Brexit Britain? Cost of building

13 Case Studies Burgh Island Pool House Old Railway Quarter, Swindon Redwood Heights, Plymouth

14 Burgh Island Pool House

15 Old Railway Quarter, Swindon

16 Adapting Design Review model Housing Excellence Design Panel BFL12 accredited expert Panel Responsive Collaborative Early

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22 BFL12 is the only nationally recognised measure of the quality of a new place and its potential to grow in popularity. Research has demonstrated that schemes following Building for Life principles will achieve far higher prices on their resale, of between 5% to 56%. RICS 2016, Placemaking and value. BFL accreditation is awarded by teams of independent assessors who check new neighbourhoods have addressed common problems brought by parking, bin storage, unsafe design and lack of amenity. David Birkbeck Chief Executive Design for Homes Design dialogue tool

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24 12 Questions encourages collaboration Poor design. An opportunity was missed. Getting there but needs a little more work Good design

25 Housing Excellence Design Panel beauty and function Design Review Reviewed as is Establishes key issues Provides baseline for comparison of improvements BFL12 Review All parties in attendance Hands-on, proactive design development Focussed Submission Reduced negotiation No nasty surprise objections Concerns already addressed

26 Housing Excellence Design Panel beauty and function To check the design at indicative masterplan stages Support the submission of full applications Check the detail of Reserved Matters Urban & Rural context Justified ambers secure as many greens as possible On achieving planning permission BFL12 Review

27 BFL12 validation of approved housing schemes Design Network accreditation Panel members Best practice

28 Minerva, Exeter Connections Facilities & Services Public transport Meeting local housing requirements Character Working with the site & its context Creating well defined streets and spaces Easy to find your way around Streets for all Car parking Public and private spaces External storage & amenity space Poor design. An opportunity was missed. Getting there but needs a little more work Good design

29 Redwood Heights, Plymouth Connections Facilities & Services Public transport Meeting local housing requirements Character Working with the site & its context Easy to find your way around Streets for all Car parking Public and private spaces External storage & amenity space Poor design. An opportunity was missed. Getting there but needs a little more work Good design

30 Redwood Heights, Plympton

31 What s next Extend the influence of the HEDP Delivery, Training, Recognition Support mainstreaming of BFL12 Validate planning applications Build LPA confidence, to Expect better urban design and braver architecture Achieve better quality homes for new and extended communities

32 With thanks Julie Tanner