Fiona Scott, together with a remarkable panel of speakers, took part in Metropolis Conference London-Berlin which addressed an urban planning topic which is significant to both cities: rapid change of High Streets and outer Town Centres.

“In the public sector, we have seen and witnessed a lot of care, collaborative working, weaving together priorities to create equitable outcomes, despite significant funding challenges. In the private sector, we are seeing rapid progress in thinking within certain strands and organizations, but there are still very big projects moving ahead quickly with this real political and commercial pressure to build more housing in Town Centres and High Streets closer to the community, services, and transports. We are seeing emerging the scale of building and intensity of living in High Streets and Town Centres, and consequently, urban forms and typologies that are quite new to London and not fully tested yet”.

You can now watch Fiona’s speech on Vimeo.