RTPI Conferences

Urban design

Qualityreviewer - Masterclass in design appraisal

Date	30 September 2010
Duration	1 Day
Price	GBP 449 + VAT
Location	London
Venue	Rubens Hotel
Registration	9.00-9.30
Close of Seminar	5.00
Our code	35599
Also held on	17 March 2011, London

• Why you should attend this masterclass
• Who should attend?
• Key benefits
• Programme
• The trainers
• In-house training
• CPD requirements
• Outsourcing and event management service

Why you should attend this masterclass

Will this planning proposal create a well-designed development? Planners, councillors and others involved in the planning process often find themselves expected to answer that difficult question. If they have not spent several years studying design or a lifetime assessing buildings and spaces, they may need some help. This masterclass introduces a newly developed, structured method of design appraisal that can be used by people with no design training. The method can be used to assess planning proposals for individual buildings or larger developments, and for planning applications or masterplans.

Who should attend?

This masterclass is aimed at:

• Development management staff – how do you assess the design of development proposals?
• Elected members – how can you recognise good design?
• Planning consultants – what is the role of design appraisal?
• Regeneration staff – how can you tell developers what you are looking for?
• Developers – what are the planners looking for?
• Members of amenity societies – how can you recognise quality?

Key benefits

This masterclass will help you:

1. Assess the design of development proposals on objective criteria
2. Gain practical experience of carrying out and presenting design appraisals
3. Understand aesthetic quality

Programme

9:00 Registration and coffee

9:30 Appraising design qualities

The ten steps:

Understand the place

1. Site and context appraisal

2. How policy and quidance apply

Understand the proposal

1. Concept

2. Impact

3. Design quality

4. Team

Understand the implementation

1. Execution

2. Management

Assess the proposal

1. Information and advice

2. A balanced decision

11.00 Coffee

11.20 Design appraisal walkabout

Group work: carrying out an appraisal of a building near the venue

1.00 Lunch

2.00 Groups report back

2.40 Appraising development proposals

• Group work
• Appraising a proposal for a small development
• Appraising a masterplan

4.00 Design appraisal in the planning process

• Pre-application discussions
• Design review
• Development control
• Design appraisal at appeal
• Design appraisal and design and access statements

4.30 Close

The trainers

Rob Cowan is a director of the training provider and consultant Urban Design Skills. He is the author of The Dictionary of Urbanism and editor of Context, the journal of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation. His other publications include The Connected City, The Cities Design Forgot and Urban Design Guidance. He was the joint author of the CLG/CABE design guidance By Design, and the author of the Scottish equivalent (Designing Places), the housing design guide for Scotland (Housing Quality), and the Scottish guidance on masterplanning. He devised Placecheck and the urban design skills appraisal method Capacitycheck.

Scott Adams, also a director of Urban Design Skills, is an urban designer who is also a certified American planner with qualifications in architecture and urban design. He has worked widely on strategic development frameworks, masterplans, design coding, project implementation and urban design training. He is a member of Architecture and Design Scotland’s Project Enabling Panel and of the American Institute of Certified Planners.

In-house training

In-house training can be presented exclusively for your organisation on any subject in the planning and development field, including management skills. Training is individually tailored to meet the specific needs of your organisation.

To discuss your in-house requirements please contact the in-house team on 0845 076 0679 or e-mail incompany@rtpiconferences.co.uk

CPD requirements

This event is intended to help RTPI members with their CPD requirements.

Outsourcing and event management service

Kaplan Hawksmere has over 10 years experience in running outsourced and managed training contracts both in the private and public sectors. Our highly skilled team will work with you to effectively manage your events, conferences and training programmes to maximise delegate numbers and revenue and to deliver significant benefits including:

• Financial returns – possible increased revenues or cost reductions
• Risk reduction
• High delivery standards and customer satisfaction
• Flexibility to work with your own teams or independently
• Greater market exposure
• Low cost, exceptional responsive market research

If you would like any further information on this service please contact Neil Vincent on 020 7960 5677 or e-mail neil.vincent@kaplan.co.uk

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