New guidance to encourage developers to incorporate public art into new city developments at the earliest design stages, is being considered by Brighton & Hove councillors this week.
Members of the Tourism, Equalities, Communities and Culture Committee are being asked to approve a new Public Art Planning Advice Note (PAN), which encourages public art to be considered at early design stages, and provides detailed planning guidance and technical information, including the information required at outline and full planning application stages.
Aimed at developers, designers, architects and planners, the PAN sets out clear planning advice and good practice examples to demonstrate how public art can be successfully integrated in new developments across the city, including the recent An Alphabet for Black Rock project, A Spring in Your Step – a 25 metre spiral staircase that springs apart across the façade of a building in the new Circus Street development – and the Happenstance Archway, a pedestrian archway leading between St Peter’s Place and The Level.
Cllr Martin Osborne, co-chair of the Tourism, Equalities, Communities and Culture Committee, said: “High quality and diverse public art can have a huge impact on new developments in the city, enhancing the local environment and creating a focal point for residents and visitors.
“By guiding public art through the planning system, we can ensure that developers consider public art at the very earliest stages, resulting in many more exciting and creative additions to our city.”
Photo by Jim Stephenson, shows the Happenstance Arch, by ALTER, at The Level