David Lock: Town and Country Planning in the time of Covid-19

Work has commenced on the construction of seven dwellings on a canal-edge site in Milton Keynes following an innovative arrangement between David Lock Associates, the landowner and a local housebuilder.

We’re delighted to welcome several new DLA team members to our office in Milton Keynes. We

Today sees the launch of the LGA Toolkit for the Effective Delivery of Strategic Sites.  DLA worked with the LGA to prepare the Toolkit, which brings together a wealth of public and private sector experience in an interactive format.

A major milestone has been reached today at Houlton, Rugby, with the opening of Houlton School.

Cathedral Plaza, as it was termed, was our suggestion to create a new urban space that could help establish not only a new destination but also accommodate a range of events as well as supporting the city’s retail and leisure economy.

David Lock Associates has announced a series of senior promotions and graduate recruitment, adding strength to its growing team.

The loud and well resourced opponents of planning, and particularly the 1947 settlement, are misreading the politics of planning reform, says David Lock.

David Lock Associates has been engaged in the promotion and delivery of the new town north of Cambridge, at Waterbeach, since 2014. DLA are supporting Urban&Civic as master developer and delivery partner to the landowner, the Defence Infrastructure Organisation.

Work is now underway to bring forward proposals for the northern expansion of Baldock in Hertfordshire. David Lock Associates is engaged, as part of a multi-disciplinary team, to under-take master planning and planning, on behalf of Urban&Civic (U&C).

Following the issuing of the Inspectors’ Report finding the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan sound, the authority adopted its Plan last night - a significant milestone for several reasons.