Vehicle Parking: What Works Where. Homes England Guidance. An Urban Design Group Presentation

04/08/2026

Chaired by Husam Al Waer, University of Dundee
Guide Overview by David Birkbeck, Design for Homes and
Georgina Bignold, Proctor and Matthews Architects
00:00:00 – Presentation clip
00:01:00 – Edited introduction. Land use efficiency and location. Creating places with identity.
00:02:15 – Why have Homes England updated the document. Politics.
00:05:37 – Building for a Healthy Life. David Birkbeck
00:07:15 – PWWW 2006. (Parking What Works Where) The original guide.
00:09:36 – Car ownership trends
00:12:53 – Ten Parking Golden Rules
00:15:13 – Case Studies
00:16:26 – Strategy 1 Flexible ownership / lack of flexibility
00:19:49 – Allocated vs Hybrid
00:23:04 – Barton Park
00:24:28 – Horsted Park.
00:26:08 – Brooks Dye Works. Georgina Bignold
00:26:53 – Streets and Spaces first. Ensure parking does not dominate.
00:27:36 – Abode, Great Kneighton, Cambridge
00:30:20 – Learning from Vernacular
00:31:10 – Goldsmith Street, Norwich
00:31:50 – Streets for living and playing (and car parking)
00:32:28 – Cottam Meadow, Preston
00:32:52 – Climate Innovation District, Leeds.
00:35:58 – Strategy 5. Provide a mix of typologies. Horsted.
00:36:56 – Kidbrooke, London
00:37:19 – Strategy 6. Choose treatments suitable for density (table)
00:38:18 – Little Kelham, Sheffield
00:39:46 – Strategy 7. Make parking efficient. On street vs rear courts
00:42:32 – Aura, Great Kneighton, Cambridge
00:43:27 – Strategy 8 Limit the visual impact with landscaping
00:44:17 – Edgeware Green, Barnet
00:44:36 – Roussillon Park, Chichester
00:45:06 – Strategy 9. Use Integral parking house types
00:46:34 – Abode, Great Kneighton
00:47:00 – Barton Park, Oxfordshire
00:47:36 – Strategy 10. Consider grouped peripheral parking. Marmalade lane
00:49:22 – Strategy 10 Car Barns. Greenwich Millennium Village
00:50:28 – Bike parking
00:52:05 – Flats over garages
00:52:45 – Marleigh, Cambridge
00:53:18 – Future proofing. David Birkbeck
00:58:00 – Discussion Chaired by Husam Alwaer.

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