Building in Context is a training programme that gives decision makers the tools to recognise how projects can respond well to their surroundings.

Aimed at local authority Design Champions and Heritage Champions, the training programme is being offered to Local Authorities in all of England's regions.

Places Matter! in partnership with CABE and English Heritage has delivered a series of Building in Context Workshops across the Northwest.

The Blackburn workshop groups explored the King Street ‘shatter zone’ west of the cathedral, and looked at opportunities for redevelopment of a street block currently occupied by a redundant retail shed.

Download the post-even report here...