This event was a one-day workshop that brought together Suffolk’s planning authorities to reflect on the existing tools in use and to debate, collaborate and collectively develop approaches to promoting and fostering design quality.

The day consisted of short talks, group working and feedback sessions. The morning set the context for the day, explained the governments thinking on design, outlined the variety of approaches to the management of design quality and identified the most effective tools. The afternoon session focused on understanding what tools, processes or types of guidance authorities in Suffolk most value and use as basis to collectively develop approaches that can be shared across local authorities.