Planning for Places: Delivering Good Design Through Core Strategies

New guidance to help planners place good design at the heart of their core strategies has been published by CABE.

All local authorities must produce a core strategy, the document which describes their vision for their place over the coming 15 to 20 years.

CABE has been working with local authorities to see how design quality can best be embedded in emerging strategies.

The new guidance draws on findings from 50 workshops held with local planning authorities.

Planning for places: delivering good design through core strategies spells out the need to: first, tell the story of the place; second, set the agenda - say what is wanted for the area and what is expected in terms of design quality; and third, say it clearly: make the core strategy relevant and clear for a wide audience, with easy to read graphics, maps and photographs.