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Feb 26th, 2024 Watch the story of how our design for beautiful Devon homes around a village green increased the number of homes from 34 to 44 and won rave reviews from the planning committee: “I don’t know what else they can do to make this application better.”
Located in the centre of the historic and beautiful Lichfield (the UK’s 9th smallest city), the Birmingham Road Site required a sensitive contextual response that seamlessly ‘plugged into’ the gentle, walkable street network that defines the city. Create Streets produced a design code for development of the 3 hectare site that put residents’ design ambitions […]
March 7th – 8th, 2024 Restitch The Social Fabric Summit Following the huge success of Restitch: The Social Fabric Summit 2022 in London and Halifax, Create Streets and Onward are excited to announce that Restitch will be returning in March, 2024. This time we are taking Restitch to Coventry’s remarkable Cathedral Quarter. This year, Create Streets and […]
February 1st, 2024 Nicholas Boys Smith considers why street scars can spoil our streets and how we can fix it. We’ve all seen this: the freshly laid paving or granite setts, the Yorkstones lovingly laid on a slow street, or in front of a newly repaired parade of Victorian shops. Within months, weeks or, sometimes […]
Create Streets completed Surrey’s new ‘Healthy Streets for Surrey’ street design guide in 2022 to improve the quality of new and existing streets in Surrey and support more beautiful and sustainable development. At the heart of this is a recognition that streets must be created with a clear ‘hierarchy of users’ in mind, designed firstly […]
Developing a strategy for a greener, more connected and more inclusive Cheshire West & Chester with community at its heart. Cheshire West and Chester Council asked Create Streets to carry out a strategic review of their street design strategy and suggest how this could be improved to better meet their ambitious strategic aims to reduce […]
Putting the heart back into Girvan – a strategy and action plan for a precious place. The Strategy establishes a collective vision to better cherish the quality, prosperity and liveability of Girvan. It is a call to action for the Council, local businesses, residents and neighbourhood groups to make the most of Girvan’s assets while […]
An area-based design code for Wychavon District Council in Worcestershire, with independent design codes for multiple geographic areas Create Streets was asked by Wychavon to review its design strategy to support its ambition to become an ‘exemplar rural council for urban design’ with beautiful new and old towns and streets supporting greater prosperity, sustainability, health […]
A vision and strategy for change Sunniside is a historic area in the heart of Sunderland city centre with enormous potential as a neighbourhood for enterprise and creativity. Create Streets have been working with TOWN alongside Sunderland City Council to produce a place strategy and masterplan which establishes a shared vision for the future of […]
We have been designing a masterplan and vision for an urban extension of approximately 2,750-3,000 homes for the county town of Trowbridge, in Wiltshire. Nestled along the historic Kennent & Avon Canal with wonderful access to the Wiltshire countryside, this will be an exemplary development reflective of the local character and vernacular. The masterplan includes […]