Public Art Strategy
The Borough has had mixed success with public art and involving
artists in development and regeneration schemes. The idea of the
Public Art Strategy is to improve this situation, to ensure that
the Council and its partners work closer together in procuring
public art and to ensure more and better public art is produced,
taking into account the latest best practice. The layout and
content of the strategy has been developed in accordance with best
practice as outlined by IXIA, the public art think tank of the Arts
Council of England.
The Strategy sets out good practice principles for the Council,
agencies, developers and artists, in particular aligning the
influence that artists can have on the built environment with all
the stages and functions of the planning application process. So
developers will know when they need to engage artists, and at what
stage of the process, and planners will know what to look for in
planning applications.
As well as giving general guidance in respect of incorporating
public art into new developments, the Strategy also has a list of
‘opportunities’ for bringing forward public art, and who will be
responsible for delivering the opportunity.
Public Art
Strategy, June 2009 (749Kb pdf file);
Public Art
Opportunities, April 2010 (55kb pdf file)