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801, 2025

Join us for an insightful online event, Delivering on Design Coding and Quality webinar!

January 8th, 2025|Comments Off on Join us for an insightful online event, Delivering on Design Coding and Quality webinar!

We're excited to announce our third webinar on design coding for local authority officers, coming in February! Building on the success of our previous sessions and the insights we've gained since, this webinar will explore practical approaches to delivering on [...]

2512, 2024

New Commission: Doncaster Masterplan Refresh

December 25th, 2024|Comments Off on New Commission: Doncaster Masterplan Refresh

We’re thrilled to announce that we been successful in bidding for the Urban Centre Masterplan Refresh for Doncaster Council! This exciting project is being led by The Urbanists, whose proven expertise in town and city centre regeneration will be invaluable. [...]

310, 2024

Hyas Associates has become a 100% employee-owned company

October 3rd, 2024|Comments Off on Hyas Associates has become a 100% employee-owned company

We are excited to announce that Hyas Associates Ltd has become a 100% employee-owned company, with the shares held in Trust for the benefit of all current and future employees. Since its founding in 2017, Hyas Associates Ltd has [...]

1103, 2024

Project Update and Social Value

March 11th, 2024|Comments Off on Project Update and Social Value

South Staffordshire Council Projects Update Our team had been busy progressing our work with South Staffs District Council, supporting in progressing their emerging strategic sites. We recently completed a comprehensive design assessment and workshop for Phase 2 North of [...]

1710, 2023

Plan-making reforms consultation – laudable ambitions but too short sighted?

October 17th, 2023|Comments Off on Plan-making reforms consultation – laudable ambitions but too short sighted?

This week marks the closing date on the consultation on the Government proposals for reforms to plan making in England (at midnight on 18th October).  If implemented as described, the proposed reforms would be a significant change to not only [...]

708, 2023

Think piece: Is Design Coding Effective at the Strategic Level?

August 7th, 2023|Comments Off on Think piece: Is Design Coding Effective at the Strategic Level?

Our article last year on the hot topic of design codes looked at interpreting national coding at the local level (link). In the last 18 months Hyas have been involved in the government’s national Design Code Pathfinder Programme. During that [...]

2807, 2023

Local Heroes – Getting the most out of a new Planning Supersquad

July 28th, 2023|Comments Off on Local Heroes – Getting the most out of a new Planning Supersquad

Everyone has taken great interest in Gove’s speech on Monday 24th July, with plenty debate and discussion amongst practitioners about what it means and what impact it may have. One element that is particularly of interest was the proposal for [...]