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Placemaking Bulletin
Placemaking Bulletin 21st March 2023
 
Highlights from Placemaking Resource, the information hub for people involved in creating great places. Including advice, case studies, research summaries, comment and news.
 
Need to Know
Need to know: Government ad campaign targets social housing tenants Need to know: Government ad campaign targets social housing tenants
The government is urging social housing tenants to complain if they are living in substandard housing, as part of a package of measures.
 
Coming up 
Coming up: Go ahead for Huddersfield's culture-led regeneration Coming up: Go ahead for Huddersfield's culture-led regeneration
Kirklees Council is creating a cultural heart in Huddersfield town centre, with new library, public square and other facilities.
 
Opinion
Opinion: Going back to nature in urban design Opinion: Going back to nature in urban design
Policies acknowledging the importance of greening need to enable developers to implement measures without compromising the scheme itself, writes Grant Leggett.
 
Case study
Case study: Restoring and repurposing industrial heritage Case study: Restoring and repurposing industrial heritage
Restoration of Shrewsbury's internationally significant Flaxmill Maltings has given it a new purpose as a flexible hub for work, leisure and social enterprise, finds Josephine Smit.
 
Advice
Advice: Promoting reuse of retail parks for housing Advice: Promoting reuse of retail parks for housing
Redevelopment of retail parks for housing can offer a useful source of housing sites for local authorities, but it's important design of new schemes creates a sense of place, finds Ben Kochan.
 
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