Review of Places Matter! activities and accounts for 2010-11

A study into the scale of Framework Agreements operating recently and currently in the Northwest.

A study into the scale of Framework Agreements operating recently and currently in the Northwest.

A letter from the Chief Planning Officer outlining government support for Design Review at a national and local level.

Manual for Streets

Review of Places Matter! activities and accounts for 2009-10

Review of Places Matter! acitivities and accounts for 2008-09

CABE - Design review: principles and practice explains how design review can support good design through the planning process and how to set up and run a design review panel. Case studies illustrate the breadth of panels now operating and share learning from their experiences.

Places Matter! is an organisation devoted to generating a strong sense of place in living, working and learning environments throughout the Northwest.

This guide proposes a framework of qualities and principles that must be considered when developing public realm projects.

The scheme is for a 95 bed hotel, 125 flats with a 6 deck car park on a site known as 'Fletcher Street'. It is an important site located within the M60 gateway/ Stockport town centre, adjacent to the St Peter's conservation area and in close proximity to a number of listed buildings.

Penrith is a market town with a population of 14,700. It is situated on the east side of the Lake District. To the east of the town is Carlton, once a separate settlement and now an area that has seen the most growth of housing in the past 30 years. There is the large High Carlton housing estate which was started in the 1960s and is still growing.

Brockholes is a 106 hectare site made up of former gravel workings, with an additional 66 hectares of adjoining ancient woodlands.