National Design Guide
The Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government recently launched the National Design Guide (NDG), a document welcomed by many in all sectors of the construction industry. But despite some positive reviews, the release managed to generate more questions than answers: What is the weight of National Guidance? How can local authorities build up on it? How can design quality be enforced through planning? What skills and resources are necessary to make this meaningful? How is this going to help communities with a place-based interest? What is beauty? And the list goes on and on.
Join this event to find the NDG influence on:
- Statutory Duties
- Local Authority powers
- Built Environment duties on Climate Change, Public Health and Social Resilience
- Developers responsibilities - House builders in-house design guides
- Quality assessment systems
Programme
MORNING SESSION : THE NATIONAL DESIGN GUIDE
09:00 Registration
10:00 Introduction Chair Robert Huxford,Urban Design Group (Director)
10:10 Welcome Nigel Turpin, Nottingham City Council (Urban Design & Heritage Manager)
10:15 The National Design Guide Jenny Thomas, MHCLG
10:30 The National Design Guide in Context Jane Dann, Tibbalds Planning and Urban Design Ltd (Director)
10:50 Urban Design Strands Clare San Martin, JTP
11:10 Coffee Break
11:30 Context & Identity strands Clive Fletcher, Historic England
11:50 Urban Design in Context Jon Phipps, Lathams
12:05 Nature & Climate Adaption strands Luke Engleback
12:25 Q&A Panel
12:45 Lunch Break
AFTERNOON SESSION : ASSESSING AND DELIVERING DESIGN QUALITY
13:30 Introduction Chair Robert Huxford, Urban Design Group (Director)
13:35 The Housing Audit Results Summary Matthew Carmonam, UCL
13:55 BBBB Commission David Rudlin, Academy or Urbanism
14:15 Assessing Good Design: tools and strategies in a nutshell
14:15 Homes England Dan Roberts, Homes England
14:35 Nottingham DQF & Co-Place Laura Alvarez, Nottingham City Council
14:50 Refreshments
15:10 Q&A Panel Debate: The subjectivity of Design - How can Design Quality become objective?
15:30 Wellbeing Design Guide possibly the first grassroots SPD Penney Poyzer and Shona Munro, NGFP
15:45 Closing remarks Chair Robert Huxford, Urban Design Group (Director)
16:00 Event concludes
