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Preparing design codes: a practice manual - UK

Introduction

A guide which shows how design codes can help deliver good quality places, and which explains how design coding as a process can be integrated into the planning, design and development processes that shape the built environment.

Description

The practice manual provides guidance on the role of design codes in achieving high quality, well designed places. It sets out the appropriate circumstances for the use of codes, how they should be written, adopted and managed, and the necessary inputs in terms of skills and resources to ensure successful outcomes. It discusses the various stages involved:

initiating a design coding process
coordinating inputs into the design coding process
appraising the local context for design coding
designing and testing the design code
formalising the design code
implementing the design code
managing design code compliance

It also includes annexes on using design codes in conjunction with local development orders, a summary of the design coding process, and a glossary of terms used.

Contact info

Department for Communities and Local Government
Phone: +44 20 7944 4400
contactus@communities.gsi.gov.uk

Publication date

01/11/2006

Article info
Organisation: Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE); Department for Communities and Local Government

Links

Visit the Department for Communities and Local Government website

Download "Preparing Design Codes: A practual Manual" (PDF, Eng, 2.2 MB)

Document type

policy

Themes

Urban Policy > Urban environment

Keywords

Land use