Placemaking guidance for residential development

The council has adopted a set of guidance on how placemaking principles should be applied to residential developments at a variety of scales, from proposed extensions, to individual homes, to large scale residential proposals that will create whole new neighbourhoods.

Placemaking principles are at the heart of the council's strategic planning agenda and are a fundamental part of its approach to development management.

These three documents provide guidance on how key placemaking objectives and policy requirements set out in the development plan and national policy can be integrated into proposals, including:

Development density
Place-led streets
Biodiversity gain and enhancement
Green Infrastructure (GI)
Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDs)
Privacy, amenity and comfort

The supplementary planning guidance documents were adopted by Planning Committee on 22 October 2021 following public consultation on a draft version. A copy of the public consultation report setting out the process followed which lead up to the adoption of the final version of the SPG is below.

Placemaking guidance for residential development

Relates to developments ranging from 10 homes up to many 100s of homes. This includes strategic mixed-use developments and higher density city centre developments.

Placemaking Guidance for Residential Development October 2021 (PDF) [8MB]

Summary - Placemaking Guidance for Residential Developments (PDF) [1MB]

Consultation Report - Placemaking Guidance for Residential Development (PDF) [1MB]