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Planning for sustainable places
West of England Partnership Conference‘Meeting the challenges, Achieving our ambitions’
Paul Lavelle27 November 2009
Planning for sustainable places
I. What are the attributes of a good place?
II. Why should plan for this at the sub-regional scale?
III. Example: Cambridge Futures
NATION REGION SUB-REGION CITY/TOWN NEIGHBOURHOOD SITE
… people want ‘place’
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Source: Savills Research
Valuing sustainable urbanism(Savills research for Prince’s Foundation)
Places that are connected, overlapping and distinctive command greater value(economic, social, environmental)
Regression Plot
Broad purpose
Maximise opportunity for exchange
Maximise choice
Overarching values
Equal opportunities / social justice
Cultural identity/diversity
Environmental sustainability
Economic prosperity
Principles of a ‘good place’
well-madedecently-proportioned easy to walk aroundgardens, parks and squaresadaptable
Quality of life
Placemaking
‘Place’ is becoming more important as
a driver of economic growth and
prosperity. As technology and other
changes enable labour, capital and
information to move between countries
with increasing ease, the particular
characteristics of places, and their
flexibility to respond to economic
trends, become even more crucial to
economic prosperity and resilience.
Local Government White Paper
Drivers of change Population and household growth
Cities consume 75% of all resources and produce 75% of all waste 96 months till we reach a tipping point on climate change We have to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
by 80% by 2050, and 50% are related to the built environment
The International Energy Agency predicts an oil crunch as soon as 2012
Drivers of changeAdapting places to environmental change
Drivers of changeHealth and well-being
sustainable transportgreen infrastructureaccessible and efficient servicestherapeutic environmentsadaptable accommodation...quality of place
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functional urban areas increasing in size– disintegration of employment and residential locations
– high mobility
– increase in dual career households
no. of travel to work areas
TTW areas year
642 1981
308 1991Source: RTPI (2006) Uniting Britain
Source: Hall P and Pain K (2006) The Polycentric Metropolis
Drivers of change:The way the economy works
increasing emphasis on place– people + firms + physical environment
– effects of globalisation and the move towards knowledge economies
A placemaking approach at the sub-regional scale
A process of creating and managing socially, environmentally and economically successful places
by... working across sectors including housing, health, transport, employment and education,
to... achieve well planned, well designed and well managed cities, towns and neighbourhoods.
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Understanding the components of place and the role of spatial planning
a clear and engaging ‘story of change’
an urban design/spatial framework for delivery of strategic objectives / projects
drawing on strategic themes
a way to resolve issues around sub-regional working within the planning system
New generation policy model / Statutory / Top-down
Montpellier SCOT
Drawing on examples from the UK and beyond
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Integration model / Non-statutory to statutory / Bottom-
up and top-down
Example – predictive analysis model:Cambridge Futures
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Cambridge Futures
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Cambridge Futures
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Cambridge: Alternative Futures
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Cambridgeshire Quality Charter
CommunityPlaces where people live out of choice...
Connectivity...with easy access for all to jobs and services
ClimatePlaces that anticipate climate change in ways that advance the desirability of development
CharacterPlaces with distinctive neighbourhoods...
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Lessons from CambridgeshireUsing design in planning: generating positive options
Facilitating decision making and aligning interests among many stakeholders and communities
Modelling and testing options – eg. exploring options for urban extensions informally, outside the planning system
Giving confidence to challenge assumptions
Paul Lavelle
plavelle@cabe.org.uk
www.cabe.org.uk
Thank you
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