In May 2020, Grosvenor Development Ltd, submitted an Outline Planning Application (OPA) to West Oxfordshire District Council for the garden village of Salt Cross on land to the north of Eynsham. As one of the first garden villages endorsed by the government in 2017 to help meet England’s housing needs, the proposal is for 2,200 […]
KMA are delighted to be leading a consortium of researchers and practitioners from across the UK and Ireland to deliver this really interesting and important research commissioned by the RTPI alongside project and funding partners in Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. We are working with yellowbook, McCabe Durney Barnes, University […]
Kevin Murray Associates led a team alongside Willie Miller Urban Design and Urban Movement on the North Berwick Town Centre Charrette. The North Berwick Coastal Area Partnership, supported by East Lothian Council and the Scottish Government Charrette Mainstreaming Programme, commissioned the charrette with a particular focus on accessibility in the town centre. In advance of […]
Talk Prestwick was an intensive community-facing charrette, led by Willie Miller Urban Design and sponsored by South Ayrshire Council, that took place over four days in the south west Scotland coastal community of Prestwick, close to the international airport. The event, while focusing around the town centre, drew in community initiatives from the beach and […]
An intricate and complex charrette was held over 4 days, in 6 venues along the Canal, between Lochgilphead, Ardrishaig and Crinan. There was good cross community attendance, with over 200 contributions from residents, businesses and community groups and agencies, in both sunshine and snow! The charrette team was led by Oliver Chapman Architects, with KMA […]
KMA has performed a key role, as part of the Nexus-Broadway Malyan team, in soliciting and analysing the community and stakeholder contributions to Hatfield Vision 2030+. Sponsored by Welwyn Hatfield Council, Hertfordshire LEP and Hertfordshire University, the brief was to develop a vision and range of transformational projects for this former New Town, built up […]
Kevin Murray and Dr Husam AlWaer teamed up with RTPI Scotland to devise a special Collaborative Placemaking event for the Scottish Young Planners Network. As a compressed form of the 1,2 and 3 day workshops they run, this half day session was an immersive ‘learning by doing’ experience that involved briefing presentations, a site visit […]
Working closely with a high-level engagement team for Glasgow City Council, with Nick Wright Planning, icecream architecture and co-occurence, KMA colleagues Jas, Iain and Kevin contributed to the engagement activity of the initial Glasgow City Centre Districts Regeneration Strategy. The engagement team collaborated with Gehl Architects across a range of community engagement events. These sought […]
Image is courtesy of Willie Miller Urban Design. East Lothian Council and the Fa’side Area Partnership commissioned Kevin Murray Associates to lead a town centre charrette in Tranent, working alongside Willie Miller Urban Design, Peter Brett Associates and icecream architecture. The charrette was held over three days from 26 – 28 March in The Fraser […]
The 2014-2015 REPR Masters students at Glasgow University studied the Port Dundas-Sighthill area as part of their Spatial Planning group project. Led by Amin Kamete and Kevin Murray, this work entailed analysing and devising a plan for this area to the north of the city centre, currently subject to several initiatives of regenerative change. The […]
