Understanding places for planning and development
Character Planning is a unique planning consultancy specialising in character assessments to support policy production and development proposals.
One part urbanist, one part planner
As a planning consultancy, our core expertise lies in comprehensively understanding place and character. We understand the built environment - and we know what is important to understand about it for the relevant statutory and policy regime.
Describing character
Character is a multifaceted proposition, found in a place's history, climate, landscape and other natural creatures, architectural expression, built form, uses, and reputation. Describing those elements and teasing out how they interplay with one another, is describing character.
Every place has character. Whether it's a greenfield site or a built-up conservation area, we can identify those features which combine to create the sense of the place.
Character unlocks policies and developments
Good design and the policies that encourage it are impossible without a strong understanding of character and context.
At Character Planning, our assessments identify what change is right for that place - whether development or any other intervention. We know how change can enhance the best features of a place and how it can repair the worst.
Community Engagement
Local people have lived experiences which can offer important insights into a place.
We offer stakeholder engagement to inform, interrogate, and refine policies and developments. Character Planning has developed an innovative method to get people thinking about their communities in new ways.
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