About DDQ
Delivering Design Quality is a project managed by Transform South Yorkshire, which helps developers and builders to deliver good design and quality schemes in South Yorkshire's Housing Market and Renewal (HMR), Green Corridor and Growth Point areas.
The Project
The DDQ programme is sponsored by a partnership between Transform South Yorkshire (TSY), the Home Builders Federation (HBF), the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE), the four South Yorkshire local authorities (Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield) and Wakefield in West Yorkshire.
DDQ will offer practical and financial support to house-builders and developers in the wider TSY area who are committed to improving their design quality standards. Our aim is for all new housing developments to achieve Building for Life standards and for the industry in South Yorkshire to be recognised as market leaders in residential design quality.
DDQ will aim to assist the local authorities in better developing a robust and sustainable design agenda, and to raise awareness of the constraints facing development industry. DDQ will help with achieving a more efficient, effective and predictable planning process.
The project will also aim to enable consumers to better understand the benefits of a well-designed home and environment.
...for Home-Builders and Developers
Transform South Yorkshire is providing free of charge access to technical expertise, through the Transform South Yorkshire DDQ Advisory Panel.
Home-builders and developers participating in the DDQ programme will benefit from the following:
- Increased capacity to design and build dwellings to a higher standard with the potential for increasing profit margins
- Maximising budgets to enable the achievement of Building for Life standards
- An improved working relationship between Local Authorities and Home
- Increase the technical capacity and capability of your staff through bespoke training programmes
...for Local Authorities and Stakeholders
Transform South Yorkshire, through its Design Enabling Panel, will provide support to local authorities and key stakeholders in addressing how their organisations can best deliver a quality residential design agenda, influence emerging Government policy on sustainability and design, and provide training on key issues including Building for Life assessments.
The panel will offer support for the development of effective and inclusive design processes and strategic policy in all areas affecting the creation for more sustainable and successful neighbourhoods.
