Theme Two set out in Section Three above is to make the most of what exists in Durham and to
avoid a strategy based on big projects. But this does recognise the potential for Durham to become
known for it’s beautifully designed, beautifully crafted, small scale modern buildings that will lift the quality threshold for development across the City centre.
These are jewels to complement the major icons by which the City is already known, housing special uses in special places, each symbolic of the City’s new “quarters”.
Appropriate locations for such jewels are:
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