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As part of the Create Streets Foundation ‘Place Champions‘ programme, kindly supported by the Create Streets Foundation, we worked with SAFE Regeneration (which supports communities across the Northwest) to develop initial masterplan options and a vision for Christ Church, Bootle. We worked with members of the community across two workshops, 1) a site walkaround and […]
Thanks to support from the Create Streets Foundation and a private donor, we are working with Ukrainians in the UK, in Ukraine and around the world to start considering a vision for rebuilding Ukraine’s streets and places. To help support this vision we have started by asking Ukrainians to tell us what their favourite places, […]
Create Streets are working with Cheshire West and Chester council to develop a design code that clearly defines what ‘good looks like’ in the borough. The design code, structured around the National Model Design Code will set clear rules to guide sustainable development that ‘feels of its place’, supports happier and healthier lifestyles and delivers […]
This was a collaboration between the World Monuments Fund, Barah Culture and Arts Centre, the Historical City Administration Authority of Benghazi and Fadlallah Dagher, a Lebanese based heritage architect. We provided skills training to support the restoration of two war damaged heritage buildings and an underused public space in the heart of Benghazi’s historic centre. […]
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 […]