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Project cooperationUpdated on 15 May 2026

Consortium partnership - Urban. Seeking Peri-Urban and Rural groups

Chair at Sustainable Communities Hulme

United Kingdom

About

I am leading a Manchester, UK consortium on the spatial design of neighbourhoods call for 2026 (HORIZON-NEB-2026-01-PARTICIPATION-02). We are exploring governance models by which residents create local planning policy for a 'ward' ~20,000 residents, and in parallel create a spatial design for a neighbourhood of ~1,000 residents. We will produce street level designs for climate adaptive transformation of on-street parallel car parking. This links with new policies emerging from the local council.

The transformations of on-street parallel parking will include: SuDS, cycle transport, EV charging, walking support (shelter, benches).

Our project method will have experts provide the possibilities for urban change at each spatial level, and the residents design in specific local outcomes: location, dimensions, and features.

I have the residents, local city council, water provider, and university on board to deliver and assess outcomes in Manchester. Our proposal meets all aspects of the call.

I am now looking for partners in the peri-urban, and / or rural domain in European countries, where we can share our approach and learn from others.

I am happy to meet to discuss our project, and yours to understand potential overlap. I have slides available which provide an overview of our expectations too.

Stage

  • Design - setting the project scope
  • Drafting - writing the project proposal

Topic

  • NEB-2026-01-PARTICIPATION-02: Innovative approaches for the spatial design of neighbourhoods
  • NEB-2026-01-REGEN-03: Innovative solutions for the sustainable and beautiful use of vertical space
  • NEB-2026-01-BUSINESS-03: Approaches to reuse vacant, obsolete or underutilised spaces

Type

  • Consortium seeking partners

Organisation

Sustainable Communities Hulme

Civil society organisation

Manchester, United Kingdom

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