Design – About Leeds Blog

We can build a more sustainable Leeds after COVID-19. Here’s how.

Paul Chatterton, University of Leeds’ Professor of Urban Futures, reflects on how the experience of lockdown has shown what a more sustainable future might look like for Leeds and shares his ideas on how the city might get there.

Using the Place Alliance’s housing audit criteria to assess housing planning applications

Martin Hamilton, Director of Leeds Civic Trust, introduces a new approach to assessing planning applications for housing developments – using the housing audit criteria defined by the Place Alliance.