To create a community space like a public park that will genuinely serve a wide range of local people, close collaboration between local authorities, developers and the community itself is required in order to deliver the best result.

As an industry, we often forget those who know a place best are those who live there. HUB Managing Director Damien Sharkey shares the process we went through at Queen's Quarter in Croydon, where we assembled a co-design group from the local community to help redesign The Queen's Gardens.

Co-designing benefits for Croydon (themj.co.uk)