Placemaking Charter

The Placemaking Wales Charter has been developed by Welsh Government and the Design Commission for Wales in collaboration with the Placemaking Wales Partnership – a multi-disciplinary group representing professions and organisations working within the built and natural environment.

The Charter builds on the strengthening focus on Placemaking in policy and practice in Wales and aims to provide a common understanding of the range of considerations that go into placemaking. The charter outlines six placemaking principles that cover the range of considerations that contribute to establishing and maintaining good places.

 

Signing up to the charter

We welcome any organisation involved in delivering places or shaping the built environment to sign up to the charter. To do this please email placemakingwales@dcfw.org stating that, having considered the wording of the Charter, your organisation has agreed to sign up to the principles. Once this has been received the name of your organisation will be added to the list of signatories on the website and you will be sent the Charter logo to use. Your contact details will be added to the Charter Signatories contact list and you will receive relevant news and information unless you wish to opt out.

Please send the following details:

Contact Name:

Organisation:

Contact Email Address:

Agreement: In signing the Placemaking Wales Charter [organisation name] agrees to support placemaking in all relevant areas of our work and promote the six placemaking principles in the planning, design and management of new and existing places

The spirit of the partnership of one of mutual support, encouragement, and positive action. Signatories are expected to promote and uphold the principles of the charter in all of their work.

Signatories

The following organisations have signed up to the Placemaking Wales Charter:

  • AHR Architects
  • Ainsley Gommon Architects
  • Amanda Spence Architects
  • Arden Kitt Associates Ltd
  • Arup
  • Austin-Smith:Lord
  • Barton Willmore
  • BDP
  • Benham Architects
  • Benjamin Hale Architects
  • Bridgend County Borough Council
  • Bron Afon Housing Association
  • Building with Nature *
  • C2J Architects and Town Planners
  • Cadw *
  • Cadwyn Housing Association
  • Candleston Homes
  • Cardiff Community Housing Association
  • Cardiff University *
  • Carmarthenshire County Council
  • CFW Architects
  • Chamberlain Moss King Architecture
  • Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) *
  • Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT) *
  • Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) *
  • Childs Sulzmann Architects
  • Chris Jones
  • Clwyd Alyn
  • Coastal Housing Group
  • Cogitamus Ltd
  • Commonplace
  • Community Housing Cymru (CHC) *
  • Cowbridge with Llanblethian Town Council
  • Creu Architecture
  • Cwmpas
  • Cymunedoli Cyf
  • Dallas-Pierce-Quintero
  • Dandara West Ltd
  • Design Commission for Wales
  • Dow Jones Architects
  • Down to Earth Project
  • Edenstone Group
  • Fenton+Reece
  • First Choice Housing Association Ltd
  • Future Generations Commissioner for Wales’ Office *
  • Federation of Master Builders (FMB) *
  • FOR Cardiff
  • Fraser Strategic Land
  • Gaunt Francis Architects
  • George and Co
  • Good Homes Alliance
  • GRIMSHAW Architects
  • Grŵp Cynefin
  • Hammond Architectural Ltd
  • Highlight Planning
  • HILLS + CO
  • HLN Ltd
  • Holder Mathias Architects
  • Home Builders Federation (HBF) *
  • Housing Learning and Improvement Network (LIN)
  • Hughes Architects
  • Hughes:O'Hanlon Architects
  • Huw Griffiths Architects
  • IBI Group
  • Institute of Highways Engineers *
  • Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) *
  • Jackson Concepts
  • John McCall Architects
  • KJG Architects
  • Knight Architects
  • Landscape Institute (IL) *
  • Land Studio Ltd
  • Lawray Architects
  • LDA Consulting Ltd
  • Lightwood Planning
  • Linc Cymru
  • Lovell Partnerships Ltd
  • Loyn + Co Architects
  • Mace Group
  • Maindee Unlimited
  • Melin Homes
  • Merthyr Valleys Homes
  • Midas Group Ltd
  • Miller Research (UK) Ltd
  • Monmouthshire County Council
  • Mott MacDonald Ltd
  • Nash Partnership
  • Natural Resources Wales (NRW) *
  • National Infrastructure Commission for Wales (NICfW) *
  • Neath Port Talbot Council
  • Newport City Homes
  • Newydd Housing Association
  • One Newport PSB
  • OPEN (Optimised Environments Ltd)
  • Owen Davies Consulting Ltd
  • Oxford Architects
  • Penarth Civic Society
  • Penarth Living Streets
  • Pentan Architects
  • PER Consulting Ltd
  • Persimmon Homes East Wales
  • Persimmon Homes West Wales
  • Phil Jones Associates
  • Planning Aid Wales *
  • Planning Officers Society for Wales (POSW) *
  • Play Wales *
  • PLPlanning
  • Pobl
  • Powell Dobson Architects
  • Ramblers Cymru
  • Red River Archaeology
  • Redrow Homes Limited
  • Rhondda Housing Association
  • Richards Moorehead and Laing Ltd
  • Ritchie*Studio
  • Roberts Limbrick
  • Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) *
  • Royal Society of Architects in Wales (RSAW) *
  • Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) *
  • Saer Architects
  • SaveTheHighStreet.org
  • Spring Design Consultancy Limited
  • St. Modwen Developments Ltd
  • Starki Limited
  • Stiwdio Owens
  • Stride Treglown
  • Studio Response
  • Studio Walmsley Architects
  • Sustrans *
  • Swansea Council
  • Tir Collective Landscape Architects
  • Tirion Homes
  • The Architectural Heritage Fund
  • The Environmental Dimension Partnership (EDP)
  • The Means
  • The Open Spaces Society
  • The Three National Parks of Wales
  • The Urbanists
  • Torfaen County Borough Council
  • Transport for Wales *
  • United Welsh
  • Unit3 Design Studio Ltd
  • Urban Foundry
  • Vale of Glamorgan Council
  • Valleys to Coast
  • Vectos
  • Wates Residential
  • Wei Yang + Partners
  • Welsh Local Government Association *
  • Welsh Government *
  • West Coast Arboriculture & Land Planning Ltd
  • Wrexham County Borough Council

( * Members of the Placemaking Wales Partnership)