Date: 15 November 2010, 9:00 - 12:00
Location: Council Chamber, Municipal Buildings, Earle Street, Crewe, CW1 2BJ
Manual for Streets Workshop: Crewe
Date: 15 November 2010, 9:00 - 12:00
Location: Council Chamber, Municipal Buildings, Earle Street, Crewe, CW1 2BJ
Time: 9.00am – 4.30pm
Manual for Streets, published by the Department for Transport, gives advice for the design of residential streets in England and Wales. It represents a strong Government and Welsh Assembly commitment to the creation of sustainable and inclusive public spaces.
There is a need to transform the quality of residential streets, and this requires a new approach to their provision. The Manual is aimed at any organisation or discipline with an interest in residential streets, ranging from access officers to the emergency services. The importance of joint working among practitioners is a key feature of the Manual.
This workshop will give an overview of the Manual for Streets and outline the principles of successful street design. Each workshop focuses on a local and relevant case study site, providing hands-on guidance and expertise.
Please note: when we first advertised these events we were in the midst of negotiations with our primary funder, the NWDA, over our budget settlement for 20010/11. This has now been agreed and we are in a position where we are able to offer these places without a charge as we originally intended. Previously all training provided through Places Matter! has been without charge to the user and we are delighted that we are able to continue to support good design through our training and other programmes.
Programme:
9.00 Registration
9.30 Background to Manual for Streets
10.10 Break for refreshments
10.30 Site visits
11.45 Debrief
12.00 Lunch
13.00 Introduction to afternoon activities
13.15 Group workshops on particular sites
14.30 Group feedback
15.15 Discussion of schemes and the day
16.30 Close
This workshop is one of a series of workshops taking place in different locations across the Northwest during Autumn/Winter 2010. For more information about the dates and locations of the other workshops
For more information about Manual for Streets see http://www.placesmatter.co.uk/manual-for-streets