Sintali are pleased to announce new dates for the Building with Nature Assessor training course and qualification. We are now taking reservations on four dates over the next 12 months.
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Following recent changes to Planning Policy Wales and its reference to the Building with Nature Standards, we have published new guidance for developers, planners and placemakers working in Wales.
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Clarion Housing Group, the UK’s largest provider of affordable housing, has awarded Building with Nature the fifth William Sutton Prize for its proposal for a Green Infrastructure Stewardship Framework and Accreditation System.
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The 2023 Building with Nature National Award has been won by PRP Landscape for their design for a pioneering new neighbourhood for Truro in Cornwall. The Pydar Project was announced as the winner on 3rd November at the Landscape Institute 2023 Awards Ceremony in London.
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The 2022 Building with Nature National Award has been won by Nationwide’s innovative housing scheme the Oakfield Project in Swindon. The Oakfield Project was announced as the winner on 24th November at the Landscape Institute 2022 Awards Ceremony in London.
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Building with Nature are proud to have sponsored the Landscape Institute Annual Awards for the last three years. The Building with Nature category within the Awards is a key platform to amplify the messages at the heart of our approach, showcasing high-quality green infrastructure and placemaking that works for people and wildlife. Discover which BwN Awarded projects have made the 2022 shortlist of nominations.
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We are delighted to be collaborating for a second year with the Landscape Institute (LI) to present the Building with Nature National Award, celebrating best practice in the integration of high-quality green infrastructure into the built environment. This award, judged by LI’s expert panel, showcases inspirational design vision, and also champions a commitment to delivering that vision on the ground, ensuring that high-quality green infrastructure contributes to a more sustainable future for both people and wildlife.
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Five years on from creating the UK’s first green infrastructure benchmark, we are delighted to be releasing our updated Standards today. We have refreshed our guidance to ensure it remains up to date and continues to define ‘what good looks like’, whilst simplifying the framework to make it even easier for industry to use.
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We are looking for a Board member with finance expertise and a passion for the environment to help steer this small, but influential, organisation.
Andrew McNair, Planning Officer explains how Falkirk Council utilised the Building with Nature approach in the writing of its draft supplementary guidance for green infrastructure and new development, to help deliver good quality green infrastructure.
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We are delighted to be launching our new Building with Nature National Award today in collaboration with the Landscape Institute (LI). This award, judged by LI’s expert panel, celebrates developments that have put nature at the heart of decision making.
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West Dunbartonshire Council’s Local Development Plan 2 was the first strategic policy document to use the Building with Nature Standards to bring forward local plan policies which put high-quality green infrastructure at the heart of policy making and development strategy.
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13 Oct 2020. Gemma Jerome, Director of Building with Nature launches our new film showing how we can build better for wildlife, better for our climate and better for people's health when we are Building with Nature.
Read MoreAugust 2020. Building with Nature Chair Professor Peter Madden will be speaking on 15th September at the The Biodiversity Crisis and the Built Environment online seminar hosted by the Good Homes Alliance.
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September 2018 Building with Nature were awarded RTPI’s Sir Peter Hall Award for Wider Engagement.
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