Urban Design Task Force: Aims & Activities

Aims:

• to improve the quality of urban design.
• to increase awareness of urban design

How does WCF UDTF operate?

• represents forum views on civic issues of urban design policy, such as the LBMerton Development Framework
• assesses urban design issues local national and global at task force meetings feeding in from the Civic Forum
• enables regional forum workshops
• will chair neutral meetings on major development
• chair and MP meet quarterly with LBMerton to review progress.
• has no opinion on individual planning applications, but will raise issues
• does not correspond with individuals, but with local organisations.

Current issues:

• Wimbledon Town centre
• Merton Priory regeneration
• Nelson Hospital regeneration
• A Civic Hall in Wimbledon?
• 3D mapping of town centres
• expert advice by the people on local urban design issues
• value assessment in land disposal
• education and encouraging participation of young people in urban design.

Activities:

• workshops
• local area forums
• quarterly meetings with LBM
• task force meetings
• education
• special projects

External site links:

Resource for Urban Design Information – www.rudi.net
Urban Design Alliance – www.udal.org.uk
Action for Market Towns – www.towns.org.uk