by Anna Gaffney | 15 Nov, 2021 | Climate and environment, Urban planning
In June 2021, we had the absolute pleasure of working with Sustrans Scotland, St Paul’s Youth Forum, and St Philomena’s Primary School (in north-east Glasgow), on a pilot placemaking project to engage local children using game Minecraft. Working with a team of 10...
by Anna Gaffney | 13 Jan, 2021 | Events, Policy and legislation, Uncategorized, Urban planning
In November 2019, the Royal Town Planning Institute published research report ‘Child Friendly Planning in the UK: A Review’. Co-authored by A Place in Childhood and ZCD Architects, the report examines what children’s rights mean for town planning systems. It also...
by Sean Peacock | 6 Nov, 2020 | Urban planning
Children see the world in a different way to adults, but urban planning policies rarely take this into account. By focusing on adult needs and views, children are often planned out of our public spaces – and their needs are relegated to specific areas such as...
by Jenny Wood | 10 Jun, 2020 | Urban planning
APiC’s Response to National Planning Framework 4 Call for Ideas This blog sets out how the Scottish planning system can become more child-friendly. It summarises our response to Scottish Government’s ‘Call for Ideas’ for the National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4), which...
by Jenny Wood | 24 Sep, 2019 | Urban planning
This summers’ publication of the Mayor of London’s proposed revisions to the London Plan was welcomed by children’s rights advocates who have been pushing for a stronger policy on children and young people’s play, recreation, and independent mobility. Wider reaction...
by Anna Gaffney | 14 Jun, 2019 | Urban planning
Context Children’s and young people’s access to, and freedom to play in, the natural and built environment has been in decline for decades. However, access to inclusive child-friendly environments is a fundamental right under the UN Convention on the Rights of the...
