of charge. Building for Life 12 is cited in a number of Local and Neighbourhood Plans as well as Supplementary Planning Documents across the country. In exchange for free use, the authors request that they are notified and consulted of its use. This free use is almost always granted. The Place Alliance audit presented conclusions on the design performance of English regions despite the limited sample base. The East Midlands region was classified as one of the worst performing regions despite considerable improvements in design quality being made in the planning administrative areas of North East Derbyshire, Nottingham City, Chesterfield, Leicester City, South Derbyshire and North West Leicestershire. Since CABE's 2007 housing audits, these authorities invested in improving design quality with many of these areas covering lower market value areas. The Place Alliance sample base largely excluded schemes from these administrative areas. Since 2007, these administrative areas have delivered schemes of a good standard of design including but not limited to: Ashton Green, Leicester; Sweet Leys Way, Melbourne; Towles Pastures, Castle Donington; Dunbar Way, Ashby de la Zouch; Frances Way, Ibstock; Hunter Street, Nottingham; Saltergate, Chesterfield, Godfrey Lane, Nottingham. A number of these schemes have increased design quality considerably against challenging planning, resourcing (in house design expertise) and viability pressures. Examples Developments across all market areas in England and Wales, single tenure and mixed tenure schemes; volume produced and bespoke developments have achieved the qualities established in Building for Life 12 and Building for a Healthy Life. Examples include Hasting Park in Dunbar Way, Ashby de la Zouch, a mixed tenure development by David Wilson Homes and Barratt Homes. Built using standard and modified standard house types, the development is a good example of how the street and movement structure is critical in establishing a strong framework for a place. This in then reinforced with meaningfully different street types, building typologies (the development features a mix of two and three storey detached, semi-detached, terraced houses, apartments and bungalows, building to street relationships, building to building relationships. Car parking is generally well integrated into the development though there are locations where half pavement car parking is commonplace. These locations are largely where tandem parking arrangements are used. The scheme is a good example of how well-designed and varied standard house types can be used to create a well-designed place. Previous editions Birkbeck, D. and Kruczkowski, S., Collins. P (ed.) (2012) Building