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Building for Life Masterclass
Date: Tuesday 12th September 2006
Time: 10am to 1pm
Venue: CABE, 1 Kemble Street , London WC2B 4AN
What you will learn
What is Building for Life and how could it help you?
How can you check the quality of a housing proposal?
How can you use Building for Life in your policies and to monitor quality?
Who is this masterclass for?
Planners, chief officers, councillors, highway engineers and housing professionals
who want to ensure high quality new homes built in their area
But please note – this is a masterclass and we will not be going through the
general principles and concepts of good design – so if you are truly new to these
subjects this might not be the best session for you.
Want to come?
Then let UDL know at [email protected] Tel 020 7027 3538
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Building for Life Masterclass
Agenda
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What is the problem with housing today? A quick look at
key issues such as density, parking, amenity, privacy and
character.
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What is BfL – what are the criteria and how does it work-pre
build and as an audit tool?
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Using BfL in real life - How Southampton council are using
it in policy and to assess planning applications.
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Having a go – Exercise - applying BfL to some real
schemes.
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Discussion – feedback from exercise, and some key
questions like how did it work, would a refusal stick? What
about monitoring?
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Location map
CABE
1 Kemble Street
London WC2B 4AN
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