We are proud to announce that KMA Director Jas Atwal has become the new Chair of the Academy of Urbanism. She succeeded Andrew Burrell in January. Jas has been actively involved in the AoU since its Foundation in 2006, having participated in Awards Assessments and orchestrated many of its events, including 10 Congresses and the […]
Kevin Murray Associates now marks 20 years as an independent specialist consultancy, having launched at the Birmingham Urban Summit in October 2002. In those intervening 20 years, planning and regeneration has changed enormously, and many familiar names have been lost from the consultancy scene. The KMA team has grown to include more diverse skills and […]
Over 2021 and 2022, KMA planned and delivered a three stage engagement programme for the Oxpens neighbourhood site in Oxford, for OXWED LLP (a JV between Nuffield College and Oxford City Council). This included a mix of online and in person events as Covid restrictions eased, in July and November 2021, and then September 2022. […]
KMA were appointed by Oxford University Development (a joint venture between Oxford University and Legal & General) in 2021 to assist in the community and stakeholder engagement around the master planning of the Begbroke Innovation District, a major Cherwell Local Plan allocation, also known as PR8. Our work began during Covid uncertainty and restrictions in […]
KMA led a multi-disciplinary team to produce a heritage-led town centre action plan for Grantham. With funding from Historic England and commissioned by South Kesteven District Council, the purpose of the project was to deliver a design charrette open to all that would look at the key heritage assets of the town, and how these […]
Our work with Rosemount Development Trust produced a significant new piece of work over the last 12-18 months. With funding from the Scottish Government’s Vacant and Derelict Land Fund and from RDT themselves, KMA with collective architecture and WMUD delivered two parallel projects. First was the VDLF funded feasibility study of Provanhill Street. This site […]
In May 2021 Grosvenor submitted an outline application to West Oxfordshire Council for the garden village of Salt Cross on land to the north of Eynsham. The proposal is for 2,200 homes with infrastructure and services delivered alongside an ambitious landscape-led framework. KMA have been involved in the community and stakeholder involvement of the plan-making […]
From 1 November KMA have a new office in Glasgow. St George’s Studios, #12 93 – 97 St George’s Road Glasgow G3 6JA We look forward to welcoming you here soon!
Emma Churchyard has joined Kevin Murray Associates as an Urban Design and Planning Assistant. She is a graduate of the University of Strathclyde, with an MSc in Urban Design, and an alumna of Syracuse University, New York, where she gained a BA in Public Policy. Her specialist interests lie in urban regeneration, cultural infrastructure and […]
Today sees the launch of research into how planning measures its impact on wider society. This important work was commissioned by the RTPI and jointly funded by the Governments of Ireland, Scotland and Wales, along with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and the Office of the Planning Regulator in Ireland. https://www.rtpi.org.uk/planningoutcomes This […]
