Partner Clare San Martin Talks at UDG Conference

Published on 19 September 2014

Clare San Martin presented a paper at the Urban Design Conference in Nottingham on the ‘Collaborative Approaches to Masterplanning'.

Using our award winning project Chilmington Green as a case study she explained how charrettes could be used to promote multi-disciplinary working. She went on to explain how each of the 8 TCPA principles for planning Garden Cities could be enriched by involving communities in a creative planning process.

Chilmington Green is a 21st Century Garden Suburb located in Ashford, Kent. The masterplan for the 415 hectare site, identified within Ashford Borough Council's Core Strateg, provides a long-term, holistic vision for the area to be delivered in four phases over two decades. The new suburb will accommodate 5,750 homes arranged in three distinctive neighbourhoods with a high street, a secondary school, four primary schools, a park and extensive areas of formal and informal green space. It is expected to provide over 1,000 new jobs for the local area.

The Urban Design Group aims to create successful places where people want to live, work and play through excellence in Urban Design. The three day landmark event featured world-wide best practice in design and management of towns and cities, with this year's conference taking a closer look at crucial importance of multi-disciplinary working in the built environment.

John Thompson & Partners were one of this year's sponsors for the conference which included a number of keynote speakers, workshop sessions, walking tours, site visits and networking sessions.

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Chilmington Green,
Ashford, UK

Settlement Extension
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