Survey: Design Skills and Resources in Local Authorities

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* 2. Which Local Authority do you work for? and in what  Department?

Local Authority

Department

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*	3. What in-house Urban Design skills do you currently have? Please specify the number of   qualified:

Please select

a)	Urban Designer(s)

b)	Landscape Architect(s)

c)	Architect(s)

Other (please specify)

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*	4. If don't have any in-house Urban Design skills, how do you cover these skills   requirements?

a)	Conservation officer

b)	Traffic engineer

c)	External consultants

d)	Agency staff (if possible specify below)

e)	Shared resources with another Local Authority (if possible specify below)

f)	Other (if possible specify below)

g)	N/A

If you answered c), d), e) or f) please specify

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*	5. What has been the change in your in-house design capacity in the last 5   years?

100%	75-99%	50-74%	1-24%	0 – No	1-24 %	25-49 %	50-74%	75-99%	100%		
reduction   reduction   reduction   reduction	change	increase	increase	increase	increase	increase	N/A	

Comments

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*	6. How does your department deal with design issues relating  to:
4)	Shared resources with another

5)	Another

6)	Other (if possible
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a)	Major planning applications
b)	Minor planing applications

c)	Highway Concerns

d)	Public Realm projects

e)	Preparation of guidance and frameworks
1)	
Internal staff
2)	
External consultants
3)	
Agency staff

Local Authority

Local Authority

specify
below)	7) N/A

If you want to comment and/or If you answered 4), 5), 6) or 7) please specify:

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*	7. Does your Local Authority make use of a Design Review panel of any kind in assessing the design quality of planning applications?

Yes No

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*	8. On estimate how often does your Local Authority make use of a Design Review   panel?

a)	monthly

b)	quarterly

c)	occasionally (when needed)

d)	very rarely

Comments

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*	9. Who manages the design review service that you  use?

a)	Your own in-house panel

b)	Another pubic sector panel (please specify below)

c)	A third party panel (please specify)

d)	you use more than one panel (please specify below)

If you answered b), c) or d) please specify below

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*	10. Other than policies in your local plan, what other design guidance does your authority regularly    use?
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*	11. Do your non-design officers and councillors receive any design   training?

Yes	No

a)	Officers

If you answered yes, can you please specify what is the nature of this training?

b)	Councillors

If you answered yes, can you please specify what is the nature of this training?

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