Placecheck

Placecheck is a method of assessing the qualities of a place, showing what improvements are needed, and focusing people on working together to achieve them.  If necessary, a Placecheck can start small: with half a dozen people round a kitchen table, or a small group meeting on a street corner. A Placecheck can cover a street (or part of one), a neighbourhood, a town centre, or a whole district or city. The setting might be urban, suburban or a village. The initiative can come from anyone, in any organisation or sector.

Placecheck is probably the most simple method for involving a community available. It requires the minimum of resources and preparation.  It is ideal for paving the way for other means of community engagement.

Developed by the Urban Design Alliance in the 1990s, Placecheck is now in widespread use in communities throughout the United Kingdom.

Placecheck has been funded by a partnership of organisations including Government, and English Partnerships, together with voluntary effort by professionals in the organisations of the Urban Design Alliance.

This site is maintained by Rob Cowan and Robert Huxford.

Sponsors

English Partnerships

Office of the Deputy Prime minister

Urban Design Alliance

Civic Trust

Institution of Civil Engineers

  Institution of Highways and Transportation

Institute of Historic Building Conservation

Landscape Institute

      Royal Institute of British Architects

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

Royal Town Planning Institute

Urban Design Group

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