Rob Richardson
@drrobrichardson.bsky.social
Lecturer in Urban Planning & Placemaking at University of @Manchester.ac.uk Department of Planning, Property & Environmental Management | Urban design, planning, place & policy | Own views
Fascinating discussion on New Towns Taskforce Report to Government with @uomseed.bsky.social @alliancembs.bsky.social. Loads to digest from locations and community engagement to infrastructure and delivery. Glad to see placemaking a key part, with new ‘towns’ debate moving beyond housing numbers
November 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Fascinating discussion on New Towns Taskforce Report to Government with @uomseed.bsky.social @alliancembs.bsky.social. Loads to digest from locations and community engagement to infrastructure and delivery. Glad to see placemaking a key part, with new ‘towns’ debate moving beyond housing numbers
Feeling decidedly autumnal on the @manchester.ac.uk campus now. Great to see the buzz of activity as the semester and year gets going!
September 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Feeling decidedly autumnal on the @manchester.ac.uk campus now. Great to see the buzz of activity as the semester and year gets going!
Interesting day in Derby speaking with fellow placemaking researchers
September 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Interesting day in Derby speaking with fellow placemaking researchers
Ending UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference 2025 in Belfast with a tour of the waterfront. Been a great few days packed with interesting conversations.
September 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Ending UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference 2025 in Belfast with a tour of the waterfront. Been a great few days packed with interesting conversations.
First visit to Bath, and definitely won’t be my last. The Georgians designed and built beautifully
September 6, 2025 at 8:54 AM
First visit to Bath, and definitely won’t be my last. The Georgians designed and built beautifully
Lyme Park today, enjoying free entry for travelling by train. Easy too - 20 minutes walk from Disley to the park entrance and a shuttle bus to the main house. Thanks @nationaltrust.org.uk!
August 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Lyme Park today, enjoying free entry for travelling by train. Easy too - 20 minutes walk from Disley to the park entrance and a shuttle bus to the main house. Thanks @nationaltrust.org.uk!
Lovely morning in Stockport ☀️
August 13, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Lovely morning in Stockport ☀️
Finally made it to the Stockroom in Stockport. Really impressive space, buzzing with activity - people reading, working, meeting, drinking coffee, kids playing, etc (photo taken carefully to avoid capturing people). Definitely will be back, if nothing else to sample more of the cafe’s cake selection
August 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Finally made it to the Stockroom in Stockport. Really impressive space, buzzing with activity - people reading, working, meeting, drinking coffee, kids playing, etc (photo taken carefully to avoid capturing people). Definitely will be back, if nothing else to sample more of the cafe’s cake selection
Selection of headlines this morning… why are we still building new major roads?
July 8, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Selection of headlines this morning… why are we still building new major roads?
Dear England at The Lowry last night was superb
May 30, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Dear England at The Lowry last night was superb
Glad to have been at #RSA25 last week. Presented my research plans on placemaking in left-behind places, and enjoyed hearing from and meeting so many others with similar interests
May 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Glad to have been at #RSA25 last week. Presented my research plans on placemaking in left-behind places, and enjoyed hearing from and meeting so many others with similar interests
Interesting day in Birmingham for the @lpiphub.bsky.social & @city-redi.bsky.social conference on Capability & Capacity Building in Place Leadership. Enjoyed hearing a wide range of perspectives, & presenting my own on the importance of local planning & the built environment to place leadership.
April 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Interesting day in Birmingham for the @lpiphub.bsky.social & @city-redi.bsky.social conference on Capability & Capacity Building in Place Leadership. Enjoyed hearing a wide range of perspectives, & presenting my own on the importance of local planning & the built environment to place leadership.
And ended the week with an architecture tour of metro line M4, housing at Marina Beach, then on Friday tours of Corvin Quarter urban rehabilitation and housing block typologies. Interesting week all round - fingers crossed students enjoyed it as much as I did!
April 9, 2025 at 5:29 PM
And ended the week with an architecture tour of metro line M4, housing at Marina Beach, then on Friday tours of Corvin Quarter urban rehabilitation and housing block typologies. Interesting week all round - fingers crossed students enjoyed it as much as I did!
Day 1: Eetvos Lorand University and District V
April 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Day 1: Eetvos Lorand University and District V
Day 2: Tactical urbanism
at Varoshaza Park; Danube Embankment; and MOL campus/Budapart development
at Varoshaza Park; Danube Embankment; and MOL campus/Budapart development
April 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Day 2: Tactical urbanism
at Varoshaza Park; Danube Embankment; and MOL campus/Budapart development
at Varoshaza Park; Danube Embankment; and MOL campus/Budapart development
Busy few days in Budapest for the MUD-Lab Urban Design & International Planning study tour. This morning (Day 3): socialist realism tour of Kerepesi St housing estate
April 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Busy few days in Budapest for the MUD-Lab Urban Design & International Planning study tour. This morning (Day 3): socialist realism tour of Kerepesi St housing estate
Ideal weekend for some Swiss urbanism (Bern, Lucerne and Zurich). Gentle density with just the right balance of order and disorder.
March 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Ideal weekend for some Swiss urbanism (Bern, Lucerne and Zurich). Gentle density with just the right balance of order and disorder.
Still a bit of daylight!
March 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Still a bit of daylight!
Good visit to Fallowfield this afternoon with first year place-making students. Plenty to talk about as they prepare their SWOT analysis
February 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Good visit to Fallowfield this afternoon with first year place-making students. Plenty to talk about as they prepare their SWOT analysis
Black Foxxes at the Deaf Institute. Great venue and performance
February 24, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Black Foxxes at the Deaf Institute. Great venue and performance
West Coast Mainline essentially doesn’t operate on Sundays any more then. Unless you wait until a couple of days before travel and hope the eventual times are ok for you, and miss the chance of affordable advance fares in the process. Oh well, let’s just have another Heathrow runway instead
February 11, 2025 at 10:49 AM
West Coast Mainline essentially doesn’t operate on Sundays any more then. Unless you wait until a couple of days before travel and hope the eventual times are ok for you, and miss the chance of affordable advance fares in the process. Oh well, let’s just have another Heathrow runway instead
And the surrounds - Etihad Campus and New Islington.
January 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
And the surrounds - Etihad Campus and New Islington.
Made the most of the sunshine to explore Holt Town, the site students will make a plan for as part our upcoming module on neighbourhood planning
January 15, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Made the most of the sunshine to explore Holt Town, the site students will make a plan for as part our upcoming module on neighbourhood planning