Hilary Satchwell Jane Dann discuss successful design codes in a feature for The Planner
With the newly made LURA now in place, there is a requirement for every local planning authority in England to prepare a design code for its area as part of its development plan. This move is intended to provide greater clarity about design expectations in the planning system, but it also brings with it some immediate challenges around how to go about creating these codes effectively.
Meanwhile the revised NPPF confirms that local design codes should be the primary tools for local planning authorities to assess and improve the design of development. It also clarifies that local authorities may use local authority-wide design codes to define areas where local plan minimum density standards or uplifts in density based on accessibility do not apply, on the basis that the resulting built form would be "wholly out of character" with the existing area (NPPF para 130).
In a feature for The Planner out now, Tibbalds founding directors Hilary Satchwell and Jane Dann explain more about these design codes and how they can be created successfully, including an 8-point checklist and case study examples.
You can also read more about our work on design codes and guides here: https://www.tibbalds.co.uk/services/design-guidance-and-codes
Excerpt from Paradise Street design code, Hemel Hempstead, developed and designed by Tibbalds
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Revised NPPF: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-planning-policy-framework--2
Feature for The Planner: https://www.theplanner.co.uk/2024/01/22/area-based-design-codes-what-are-they-and-how-can-they-work
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