HCA rejects calls for Kickstart standard

The first phase of Urban Splash’s Walsall Waterfront North won planning in February 2007.  But it was rejected by the HCA for the second round of Kickstart despite being held up by other public agencies as an exemplar of high quality design.

Despite outcry, agency fails to set minimum threshold for second phase

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