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Harlow homes: How PDR destroys local communities and builds Britain's worst housing

Permitted Development Rights allow developers to bypass community consultation and planning standards to build homes. This film by Simon Mercer visits Harlow where 51% of new homes were office conversions under PDR in 2018/2019

Places for girls

With 80% of public spaces taken over by boys, how do we create spaces for girls? In this film, young women at a Hackney secondary school reveal what they need from their city

Marmalade Lane

In this film, the designers, developers and residents reflect on the development of Marmalade Lane in Cambridge, the UK’s largest cohousing project

Building community: Granby’s Winter Garden

This 360 film documents the making of Granby’s Winter Garden accompanied by the voices of Four Streets

Placetest Gillett Square

This "almost historic" regeneration project stands at a crossroad. Will its unique culture be lost?

London Made

A film by We Made That on the threat to industrial spaces that serve London

Placetest: King's Cross Central

A film about user experience and an intimate portrait of a young place

The Spot, Tottenham

A film about a secret skatepark in Tottenham, funded and built by those who ride it

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placetests

Liverpool One: “Shopping centres provide a stage for people to explore their identity”

In this exclusive placetest, anthropologist Rebecca Toop explores the user experience of L...

Kings Crescent Estate: “There’s a feeling of life coming back”

Placetest King’s Crescent Estate: A part-demolished estate in Stoke Newington is enjoying an ...

MediaCityUK: “Imagine waking up in the morning and you’ve got some office man staring at you”

Placetest MediaCityUK: What is it like to live and work in Peel’s MediaCityUK and has it brought ...

King’s Cross: It's a ‘treat space’ – somewhere special or a destination

Placetest King’s Cross: How does it work, who is there – and who isn’t? How does the ...

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