Creating Neighbourhoods, not Housing Estates

摘要

This collaborative event was introduced by Noha Nasser of MELA Social Enterprise and followed a community envisioning meeting which she had organised in February. The objective of that meeting was to design a liveable neighbourhood, liveable streets and adaptable homes in the context of changing demographics. A number of recommendations were the trigger for this meeting. The first speaker was Dr Jenny Thomas, head of Built Environment at MHCLG who reported that the government was committed not just to build more housing but to placemaking, as the two were inseparable. She listed a number of initiatives (including funding) that would help fulfil these objectives, including the development of the Planning Practice Guidance and a Design Manual.