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    A creative team of planners, urban designers and architects.

    Established by Francis Tibbalds in 1978, we have a longstanding reputation for our planning and urban design expertise, and for providing a consistently high quality service to our clients.

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    Between planning and urban design.

    We have a longstanding reputation for our planning and urban design expertise, and for providing a consistently high quality service to our clients.

    • Masterplanning
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    Making great places happen

    Here you’ll find a selection of key case studies – stories highlighting our proudest achievements. As well as a full listing of the many projects we’ve delivered over the years.

    • Featured Case Studies
    • Medium density housing – how to deliver greater choice
    • Breckland Design Guide, Breckland Council
    • East Devon New Town
    • Smethwick – Birmingham Development Framework
    • National Design Guide
    • Bourne Estate Regeneration
    • Northstowe Healthy New Town, Phases 2 and 3
    • Projects A-Z
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    Sharing our passion for people friendly places

    At Tibbalds we’re passionate about making people friendly places. The Tibbalds news section is where our people get to share their passion with you.

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    • May 27, 2026
      Some (urban and rural) observations from six months on a bike
    • May 14, 2026
      How positive planning can unlock public sector development
    • May 13, 2026
      Medium density is often overlooked but it has untapped potential
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At Tibbalds we're passionate about making people friendly places. The Tibbalds news area is where our people get to share their passion with you.


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August 13, 2024

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July 19, 2024

Tibbalds sign TCPA’s Healthy Homes Pledge

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November 13, 2023

Go ahead for Portsmouth City Centre North

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June 21, 2021

Interning at Tibbalds

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January 25, 2021

Class E and Changes of Use

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October 22, 2020

Planning Reforms: It’s Time To Think “Big”

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May 27, 2020

The Role of Town Centres, Post Covid-19

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December 5, 2019

Play Streets

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June 7, 2019

Why good cycling infrastructure is a priority to make people-friendly places?

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March 19, 2019

Cities Skylines: Game over for town planners and urban designers or a new level of understanding for future generations?

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March 14, 2019

Neither bank nor trendy wine bar

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December 7, 2018

CIL – A tool for capturing social value or mitigating poor development?

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August 10, 2018

Design and the New NPPF

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July 27, 2018

Jennifer Ross: looking forward, looking back

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July 2, 2018

It’s Time to Overhaul the Use Classes Order

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June 27, 2018

What does the ownership effect mean at Tibbalds?

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May 24, 2018

Review: District regeneration

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May 4, 2018

London’s housing targets…and what’s driving them

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April 27, 2018

Thamesmead…not just a clockwork orange…

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January 29, 2018

New communities – how is Harlow’s Newhall holding up?

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December 15, 2017

VeloCity: How we used networks and influenced change

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November 24, 2017

What is Good Growth?

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