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This is only part of an article which perhaps explains why St Albans has not been able to produce a Local Plan since 1994, party political squabbling. Engendering a belief amongst residents that if you protest shout and scream you can stop all new developments and anger when obviously that fails. Look! St Albans came into being in Feb 2013 after a previous attempt to pass a draft Local Plan had failed to pass at Full Council in December 2012. Two further attempts since have failed. Our aim was to host design charrettes between landowners, developers and the community to co design concept plans using community co created and endorsed design codes. We have had our success in the shape of Oak Tree Gardens and well received co created concept Masterplan for the then City Centre Opportunity Site. Both charrettes were externally facilitated. However failure to keep the community involved and vested interests through to the pre application stage, together with change of administration, the scheme was dropped and an architectural competition ensued. Unless and until politicians can agree to work together with the community to produce a Local Plan St Albans is subject to a greater degree of development by appeal. Look! St Albans is calling for a reset button 🔘. Unless St Albans people are involved in a constructive way to build consensus, then we will carry on with the background of hostility and a lack of sympathetic designs to St Albans and types of homes that St Albans so desperately needs. All local people sympathetic to our ethos aims and objectives are welcome to join us to try to press the reset button.

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Colorado's history isn't just in the past; it shapes our present and future. Historic buildings in Fremont, Logan, and Arapahoe Counties are being revitalized, like the stunning Hotel St. Cloud in Canon City (that I was lucky to see last month!), showing how old structures can bring vibrancy back to communities. Adaptive reuse is key for sustainability and economic growth. Programs like the Commercial Historic Preservation Tax Credit are transforming old spaces into hubs for innovation and commerce. These projects not only create jobs but also build stronger, more resilient communities. Colorado's historic buildings are paving the way for a dynamic future. #AdaptiveReuse #HistoricPreservation #ColoradoCommunity

Top Secret Event 🔎 Intrigued? Find the keys & unlock the secrets to historic preservation in this Sherlock Holmes & Nancy Drew inspired Tinker’a-zation Station event. Now, will you accept the mission and try to unlock the keys? After all, #HistoricPreservation may be a mystery to some. But that will all change with this titillating approach to solving this not-so dusty look into the past, present and future of >>> Historic Preservation! Top Secret Fun & Games ‘R Afoot:: > Super-Sleuth Kits > Tools of the Trade > Mystery Disguise Dress-up > Historic-Restore Take-Home Craft > What’s the Time(line)? > Tiny Treasure Hunt > BIG Board of Mysterious Places A variety of interactive stations provide a fun-filled way to explore the world of historic preservation. Where all ages can learn about important historic places in the City of Fayetteville and the keys to saving them. Presented by Level 5 Architecture & Pencil to Pixels in conjunction with the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas. When: May 18, 2024 Time: 8:00 am - 11:00’ish am Where: Fayetteville Farmer’s Market Cost: Free Ages: All ages (2-102) Link: https://fb.me/e/6E9JS73JD

Yes! Pro-housing land use reform that removes barriers to creating a walkable city with diverse housing choices. Good model for other cities, but also needs to include incentives for design excellence (how can we both remove barriers and elevate outcomes? At the same time? More thoughts on that soon): This regulatory reform: Legalizes multifamily development citywide, including “missing middle” housing types, to encourage economic diversity and incremental development; Accessory dwelling units (ADUs) are legalized citywide; Corner stores are allowed within walking distance of most (89%) of homes; It removes citywide minimum parking requirements (maximum requirements are included); Form-based standards ensure that new development contributes to the city’s historic form; Adaptive reuse of existing buildings is encouraged by removing common barriers such as limited permitted uses and minimum parking requirements; Code metrics are improved: minimum lot sizes are removed and contextual setbacks are introduced; A permitted uses table and reduced number of districts simplify the use of the code; Mandates and incentives for affordable housing are introduced; The 500-year floodplain is adopted as local design flood elevation (DFE); Context-based complete street standards are included; Approvals are streamlined with a new Minor Site Plan process.

For many years I’ve had an ambivalent relationship with a poem by Philip Larkin entitled ‘Going, Going’. Written in the year of my birth (1972) , it was a commissioned work that was meant to evoke an image of England that was rapidly disappearing, under the weight of ‘split level shopping, bleak high-risers, concrete and tyres’. Whilst it pines for an old England that has been seemingly lost (if indeed it ever existed), it neglects the cultural force of what replaced it. Larkin often played the game of despising Modernism, whilst deploying its devices, neatly camouflaged in his deft prose. England has changed, and in some cases for the better, and Modernism, whether you like or loath it, left us with a plethora of great things that were never meant to be so. Growing up in and around Birmingham, with its unique mix of the old and the new, it was buildings such as the New Street Signal Box (Bicknell and Hamilton), as well as Madin’s Central Library (demolished 2016) that made ‘Brum’ my kind of town (as Telly Savalas once famously put it), despite its excess of ‘concrete and tyres’. However, at times such as these, when our parliamentary cycle goes into overdrive, I always think of Larkin’s apt description in the poem of the governing class as a ‘cast of crooks and tarts’. This week we all get to decide whether we want them to continue to create the ‘first slum of Europe’ as ‘old Larks’ saw it, or something radically different, something that could be forged out of old England, and not just the misplaced nostalgia for its supposed loss! #heritage #conservation #architecture #modernism #birmingham #election2024 #thefabricofplaces

Great Op Ed by Christopher VerPlanck on the importance of historic preservation! UNESCO's Historic Urban Landscape Recommendation offers further guidance on how to safeguard "Urban heritage, including its tangible and intangible components, [which] constitutes a key resource in enhancing the liveability of urban areas, and fosters economic development and social cohesion in a changing global environment. As the future of humanity hinges on the effective planning and management of resources, conservation has become a strategy to achieve a balance between urban growth and quality of life on a sustainable basis." https://lnkd.in/e67d8Z2H

The time of the Accessary Dwelling Unit (ADU) has arrived in California. A few years ago, the state created an ADU law that eliminated many of the local zoning laws which prevented the development of second units. Now the number of ADUs in CA has risen from 7K units in 2018 to 31K today. The ADU trend is spreading to other parts of the country as other states pass friendly ADU laws. ADUs can provide a great solution for multi-generational living, home office, guest housing and affordable rental units that can provide income for retirees. How would you use an ADU? Follow me on LinkedIn for the latest stories on local, US and international real estate. #realestate #economy #building #adu #cityplanning #multifamily #construction #marin #sanfrancisco #berkeley #seattle #millvalley #vermont #denver #miami

Those we work within the property and development sector (and some in our own historic environment sector) can find the concepts around 'significance' or 'special architectural or historic interest' of heritage assets quite difficult to interpret. It can be a grey area, prone to subjectivity, and it may change over time. Historic England has useful guidance for a range of subjects when assessing elements of the historic environment, and their latest guidance attempts to dig deeper into the particular issue of 'historic interest' of buildings. Would a typical inter-war semi in Liverpool meet the criteria for listing if not for it being the childhood home of John Lennon for example? https://lnkd.in/eP35tyZE