Helping create beautiful, successful & enduring places that foster a sense of community, local pride & belonging.
Arms-length body
@MHCLG
Chair
@boys_nicholas
Welcome to the Office for Place’s X page!
The Office for Place is a new arms-length body to
@luhc
.
We will be helping neighbourhoods to create beautiful, successful & enduring places that foster a sense of community, local pride and belonging.
The Office for Place will help neighbourhoods and councils evolve how the planning system is used as a shield against the worst, to a champion of the best.
The Case for Design Codes
Join the Office for Place webinar on Wednesday 17 July where the speakers will make the case for design codes & talk about the benefits they can have in developing more homes & quality neighbourhoods.
The Office for Place has had a great first day at
@UKREiiF
, having valuable conversations with key stakeholders and meeting delegates with a keen interest about our work.
Our chair,
@boys_nicholas
, shares some reflections from today.
#UKREiiF
Thanks to
@CapitalCentric
for facilitating a tour of the Goods Yard development in Stoke-on-Trent yesterday.
The regeneration project will deliver new homes, workspaces and commercial units on a heritage-rich brownfield site by the Trent & Mersey Canal.
#PlacesAtPace
We would like to thank all the delegates and speakers who attended the
#PlacesAtPace
conference in Stoke-on-Trent earlier this week.
There will be much more to come from the Office for Place and we look forward to working with all in the sector.
On 19 March 2024 the Office for Place held its first conference, in our new home of Stoke-on-Trent. A week on from the day, we wanted to share some details on the event, alongside some reflections from our chair, Nicholas Boys Smith.
#PlacesAtPace
The Office for Place Chair,
@boys_nicholas
is talking about how planning in the UK has been high risk for many years.
'There is a virtuous circle of place and relationship between popularity, health, happiness and resilient and sustainable places'.
#PlacesAtPace
…support public sector planners and the British design and development industries to be the best place makers in the world aided by improving UK and international data on happiness, health, popularity and sustainability. (3/3)
We’re pleased to announce that the Office for Place is supporting
@udlondon
to run two Code Schools later in 2024, with 100x free places offered exclusively for local planning authority officers.
Register your interest on the link below:
Exemplar design codes
What does an effective authority wide design code look like, and how does this differ from a site-wide design code?
How can the sector prepare themselves for these new style codes?
Do you want to play a leadership role supporting the creation and stewardship of popular, healthy, beautiful and sustainable places?
The Office for Place is seeking Non-Executive Board Members to provide independent advice and expertise.
Apply by 22 May:
Understanding what people like and value
How do you reduce opposition to new development by understanding what people like and value, and empower them to set clear quality asks upfront?
What is the role of the sector in understanding what people like and value?
The Office for Place is seeking Non-Executive Board Members to provide independent advice and expertise.
Application deadline: 11am - 22 May 2024
Read here for more details:
An information session to find out more about the work of the Office for Place and the roles currently being advertised will be held online on Wednesday 27th March, 1-2pm.
Please register on this link:
Office for Place officials have been attending the 'Make it Happen Conference' in Nottingham today at The Island Quarter, an award-winning piece of architecture.
An update on Office for Place activities was given.
@ribaeastmidland
@RTPIEastofEng
@UDGUrbanUpdate
@talklandscape
The Office for Place will be at
@UKREiiF
in Leeds from 21-23 May 2024.
If you would like to meet Office for Place officials at UKREiiF to hear about our work, get in touch.
We look forward to seeing you there!
…help neighbourhoods, communities and public servants working on their behalf, to ask for and deliver new places, and manage existing places, to be popular, healthy, beautiful and sustainable and…(2/3)
Digital Planning
What is the potential for digitisation to shape the setting of clear quality asks in the planning and development sector?
How do businesses need to adapt to take advantage of these opportunities?
#PlacesAtPlace
On Wednesday 22 May 2024 the Office for Place and
@Bidwells
held a joint breakfast session at
@UKREiiF
.
Our chair,
@boys_nicholas
, shares some personal thoughts on the discussion.
Read here:
The Office for Place is recruiting for a Head of Policy and Engagement position, based in Stoke-on-Trent.
Application Deadline: Sunday 9 June 2024
View the link for more details:
Earlier this week, the Office for Place published new resources for local councils to get started on creating their own local design codes.
These can be found on the Office for Place website.
The Office for Place is currently recruiting for a Accreditation and Pathfinders Lead (G7), based in Stoke-on-Trent.
Deadline: Tuesday 7th May 2024
View the link for more details:
#PlacesAtPace
-
@Chris_Boardman
and
@MaryPar62066325
conversing about getting people to become active by reducing car journeys and encouraging people to walk and cycle by building the right infrastructure.
Creating Places with Heart
How can we use the planning system proactively to create places with heart, that boost wellbeing and are places that people want to spend time in?
#PlacesAtPace
Minister for Housing, Planning and Building Safety - Lee Rowley MP,
@Lee4NED
- is making the closing remarks at the conference via video link.
@luhc
#PlacesAtPace
The Office for Place is recruiting for a Head of Policy and Engagement position, based in Stoke-on-Trent.
Application Deadline: Sunday 9 June 2024
View the link for more details:
‘Putting the heart back into a Town’.
@JonRouse9
is now delivering a presentation on Stoke-on-Trent and the opportunities the city has to offer.
#PlacesAtPace
The Office for Place &
@udlondon
are looking for experienced individuals in design coding to mentor delegates at the upcoming Code Schools, taking place in May & September.
This will involve around 5hrs of time, to support delegates while they complete their coding assignments.
The Vice Chancellor,
@SpatialityJones
at Staffordshire University opening the
#PlacesAtPace
conference and welcoming delegates from across the country to the university.
At
#PlacesAtPace
this week, we will be discussing challenges and opportunities that the planning, design and development sector is facing, and how the Office for Place can support in delivering more homes and better places.
Opposition to Opportunity: De-risking Planning with Community-led Development
The Office for Place will be at
@UKREiiF
next week.
Our chair,
@boys_nicholas
- will be joined by fellow panellists at an insightful breakfast session with
@Bidwells
Suzanne Kochanowski talks about the five aims of the Office for Place.
1. Research
2. Supporting and Accrediting
3. Training and Events
4. Advocating and Celebrating
5. Advising
#PlacesAtPace
Our vision is to:
Catalyse a fundamental change within and across all levels of government, communities and the development, planning and design industries, to support the creation and stewardship of popular, healthy, beautiful and sustainable places... (1/3)
Good morning from Stoke-on-Trent.
An exciting day ahead at the inaugural Office for Place conference.
Delegates have started to arrive at the town hall for a breakfast event.
#PlacesAtPace
@boys_nicholas
@VictoriaRTPI
Office for Place will help local authorities to navigate what they need to do and defining what good likes for communities.
#PlacesAtPace
What is required to achieve good design?
1. Leadership
2. Executive Leadership
3. Team
4. Funding
5. Community
@VictoriaRTPI
De-risking Development
How can the setting of clear quality asks help to increase certainty of what will be granted permission, and thus de-risk development to encourage investment?
#PlacesAtPlace
Sustainable Places
How do you effectively embed nature recovery, improved air quality, and tackling climate change through the setting of clear quality asks?
How should the sector reconcile beautiful development with the creation of more sustainable places?
The Office for Place is a vital partner in driving change - helping the Government and all of you in this sector to make a real difference to people and places.
#PlacesAtPace
@boys_nicholas
Our focus at Office for Place is to make it easier for all communities to require what they find beautiful and refuse what they find ugly.
@boys_nicholas