Place Making

Category Overview

Below are the questions within Place Making. The questions are grouped by issue.

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To ensure that the most sustainable sites are used for development and that the design process, layout structure and form provide a development that is appropriate to the local context and supports a sustainable community.

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Efficient use of land
3.1	To ensure the most effective and efficient use of land, applying a sequential approach.
3.2	To ensure the most effective and efficient use of land.
3.3	To ensure effective re-use of apt buildings.
Design Process
3.4	To ensure that the preparation of a statement of design intent, that is informed by studies of the site and its surroundings, is discussed with the appropriate parties prior to finalisation.
3.5	To ensure that the landscaping scheme is attractive and appropriate to the local environment.
Form of Development
3.6	To achieve visual and physical connectivity that makes it easy to find the development and to navigate around.
3.7	To make pedestrian movement attractive and safe, reducing reliance upon private cars for local journeys.
3.8	To create a place with a clear identity that is easy to understand and navigate.
3.9	To ensure that building frontages encourage pedestrian usage of streets contributing to vitality.
3.10	To create defensible spaces that clearly define public and private spaces.
3.11	To ensure that the development responds to local character whilst reinforcing its own identity.
Open space
3.12	To ensure access to high quality public green space for all.
3.13	To promote outdoor recreation, health and community interaction.
Adaptability
3.14	To ensure that new buildings can be adapted to the demands of new uses.
Inclusive communities
3.15	To prevent social inequalities and foster a socially inclusive community.
3.16	To attract a diverse new community that reflects the surrounding demographic trends.
Crime
3.17	To apply design principles to increase the security of the development.
Street lighting/pollution
3.18	To ensure that street lighting is as energy efficient as possible and to minimise light spillage.
Security lighting
3.19	To ensure that the security lighting is a carefully designed element, installed with due consideration of its suitability for the task and its effect on neighbours and the environment.

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