If you want some hope for the future have a look at the proposals for Old Town Newbury. They are probably the best town centre development being proposed in Britain today, quite inspiring. They are a perfect example of three core concepts in creating more homes in such a way as to boost local prosperity, […]

Our founder and chair has been talking to the BCC Television about the scandal of Street Scars and how to fix them. You can see him on BBC Morning Live and BBC Breakfast below. His key point was that Street Scars matter and that we can change the rules to fix them: ‘lots of people […]

We’ve been working with many community groups for many years, true to our philosophy of working hand-in-hand with communities to create great places. Some years ago, and working with local young people, we were proud to help Riverside Youth Club reimagine and redesign their Deptford facilities. That’s now not just won planning permission but been […]

We’re not usually ones for awards at Create Streets. Our “what do people like” led approach to design does not always mesh well with professional award criteria. But as the planning pendulum swings in favour of beautiful, popular and resilient places, we are delighted to share that our Birmingham Road Design Code with Lichfield District […]

On Saturday 21 June, Create Streets Senior Architectural Designer Robert Kwolek spoke to BBC PM Programme about the problem of overheating homes & cities. You can listen here at 16:16. Nicholas Boys Smith also discusses the issue in this essay. Old walls: cool heads

Nicholas Boys Smith writes: The man who reimagined the city: farewell to Léon Krier

Kentlands in Maryland, the first non-resort, new urban development in America, is 35 years old. It is the age at which Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Marilyn Monroe died and the ‘danger zone’ for many modish new developments. Fashion has evolved. The first generation of residents are moving into sheltered living or leaving or dying. Will […]

How we create new places and steward old ones to be beautiful and durable, happy and healthy On Thursday, 5 June 2025, a carefully selected, invitation only group of landowners, council leaders, investors, architects and advisors gathered at Hatfield House in Hertfordshire, in one of England’s most lovely places. We were the guests of Lord […]

Create Streets are today publishing our independent review of the Shoreditch Works development in Hackney, London. For full transparency, this report has been commissioned and paid for by Linea Properties. However, it is fully independent. Beyond provision for factual corrections, editorial control has remained completely with Create Streets throughout. You can read the full report […]

In 2024 Create Streets helped the Chiswick Flower Market run a community consultation on how to improve the public realm along Chiswick High Road using our Create Communities platform. It’s not often that plans go from the drawing board to reality within a year but earlier this month, Ginkgo Corner did indeed open to the […]