More homes, better places

How to address the housing and placemaking crisis
across building, neighbourhood and town scales

Venue: The Depot, Lewes -  an award winning repurposing of a 1930s Royal Mail sorting office into a three-screen cinema, restaurant and community hub.

Lewes, the setting for the conference, is one of England's oldest and most historic towns, with a unique architectural tradition - the "mathematical tile". 

8.30 Registration

9.00-10.00  Session 1 – Building-scale  + Introduction to Lewes

Chair Leo Hammond
Introduction Leo Hammond, Haringey Council, and Past Chair Urban Design Group

Roger Maskew - Friends of Lewes
Alfie Stroud – Historic England
Cany Ash – Ash Sakula

10.00-11.00 Session 2 – Neighbourhood Scale

Chair Leo Hammond
David Mikhail - Mikhail Riches
Stephen Hill – C2O Future Planners 
Kaye Stout – Pollard Thomas Edwards

11.30-12.30  Session 3 – Town-scale

Chair Naike Zambotti, Member UDG Executive
Ana McMillin – BPTW – The Designers’ Perspective
Steve Pearce – Vision for Lewes – Citizens' perspective
Biljana Savic – MHCLG Head of Placemaking – Government perspective

12.30-12.33  Thanks from UDG Chair, Hannah Smart

12.35 Lunch at the Depot

PM – Walks

Covering new infill development, regeneration schemes, larger sites, and the historic environment of Lewes.
 

16.00-17.00    Debate and Discussion -  Principles and Action for More Homes, Better Places

Tea and concluding debate on good principles for towns and an action plan.

Evening

Discussion continues in Lewes’s historic inns and alehouses

Please see the full programme for further information. 

Non-members £95
Members £75
Limited number for local community £45
Local Authority / Not for Profit £45
Students £45

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