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Plaster Pyramids and Market Places
Driven by and named after Article 25 of the United Nation's Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 25 is a humanitarian architect...

Mark Prestige
Jul 30, 20202 min read
Redevelopment in Aylesbury Vale given go ahead
David Lock Associates (DLA) has obtained outline planning permission on behalf of Mr Peter Dean and Archaylen Property Limited for 18 dwe...

Mark Prestige
Jul 23, 20201 min read
South Oxford Local Plan Virtual EiP - a first view of the new 'normal'
This week we have been representing Hallam Land Management at the virtual South Oxfordshire Local Plan Examination in Public (EiP), the f...

Mark Prestige
Jul 17, 20202 min read
Time to rebuild the public's trust in our Planning System
Has confidence in planning as a public service ever been so low? Like most, I have been watching with interest as the 'Westferry Farce' u...

Mark Prestige
Jul 9, 20202 min read
Phase Two plans submitted for the regeneration of Hayle Harbour
Plans for ‘Phase Two’ of the Hayle Harbour regeneration project have been submitted to Cornwall Council by David Lock Associates, on beha...

Mark Prestige
Jul 7, 20201 min read
How DLA are helping to inspire the next generation of Town Planners and Urban Designers
This week we're embarking on our biggest technical challenge of lockdown so far. We've had DLA staff meetings with 60+ attendees (and tha...

Mark Prestige
Jul 7, 20202 min read
The Planning system has been relaxed - The implications PART 2
Part one of this blog considered the temporary measures which have been introduced regarding relaxation of the rules on change of use in ...

Mark Prestige
Jul 6, 20203 min read
The Planning system has been relaxed - The implications PART 1
This two-part blog outlines how the planning system has been temporarily relaxed in response to COVID-19, how the property market might r...

Mark Prestige
Jul 3, 20202 min read
Economic Planning Post COVID-19
When COVID-19 entered our vocabulary earlier this year, the virus was considered to be a great leveller. We all stood an equal chance of ...

Mark Prestige
Jul 2, 20203 min read
Demise of Intu - An inevitable step along a pre-destined journey?
That debt laden Intu finally went into administration last Friday did not come entirely as a shock to many observers of all things retail...

Mark Prestige
Jul 1, 20202 min read
Two Mile Ash Bluebell Circuit approved
David Lock Associates were asked by the Two Mile Ash Environmental Group (TMAEG) if we could, as part of the company's charitable activit...

Mark Prestige
Jun 25, 20201 min read
The role of symbols in public spaces: are they outdated?
Senior Urban Designer Owen Reading questions the role of symbols in our public spaces.

Mark Prestige
Jun 24, 20203 min read
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