Create Streets has launched its new report Brewing Communities to a packed-out event in Parliament. You can read the full document here Partnering with the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) the report outlines 10 key principles for how we should design new towns for successful pubs and thriving communities who have a local they […]

Nicholas Boys Smith, Founder and Chair of Create Streets spoke to the PM programme (12 December 2024) about the new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and what it means for housing and councils in the greenbelt. In a nutshell, councils risk lots of new homes going through by appeal but do have tools at this […]

Create Streets are today publishing a short policy note on how the new Government could make use of existing legislation to achieve its ends. The Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023 (LURA) took extensive powers over planning, compulsory purchase, design coding and other areas. Due to lack of time and focus, the previous Government failed […]

Create Streets is today publishing alongside Britain Remade a paper laying out principles for selecting the location and design of new towns, along with policy changes that will make it easier to build new towns quickly, well and with the maximum boost to British economic growth and productivity. We use these principles to produce a […]

Our founder Nicholas Boys Smith was on Politics London on 1 December discussing the so-called “grotification of London”. He explained why what places look like and how they are looked after matters for people’s pride in place and sense of self-worth. As he explained, ‘It might be that there are piles of rubbish, it might […]

Create Streets Managing Director David Milner has been announced as one if the Transport Secretary’s Capital Review Panellists, assessing major transport schemes. I’m delighted to serve on the Transport Secretary’s Capital Review Panel. Like much of life, transport is all about networks. Yet in too many places and for too long, trains, buses, bikes, trams […]

Create Streets and Campaign for Better Transport are together working on a new mission, ‘Tram Network’, which will support more cities to create tram lines and work with government and industry to reduce their cost. Here is an example of how we should be thinking. Besançon in France (population 120,000) managed to build a modern […]

New Towns. Old Challenges. How do we create new places which are popular and durable, viable and fair? The panel discussion at the 2024 Labour Party Conference will explore the role of place-making, planning, transport, government, local communities, investors and developers in creating and delivering new towns. You can read Nicholas’s summary of the panel […]

How can we create great streets? Street, bl0ck, plot. As any new urbanist will tell you, these are the building blocks, the Lego bricks, of the traditional city. They are our starting point for creating streets, squares, and settlements. Across culture, climate and the centuries, this pattern repeats from ancient Mohenjo-daro to Victorian Manchester and […]