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District Design Guide SPD

District Design Guide SPD - adopted March 2010: Contents & Chapter 1 | Chapters 2-3 | Chapters 4-6 | Chapters 7-12 | Appendices

What are SPDs?

Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs) are intended to expand upon policy or provide further detail to policies in adopted Development Plan Documents (DPDs). When adopted, SPDs form part of the Local Development Framework but do not have development plan status and are not subject to independent examination.

What is the District Design Guide SPD?

The District Design Guide SPD expands on district-wide policies included in the Development Control Policies Development Plan Document (DPD) and policies in individual Area Action Plans for major developments that may vary from the district-wide policies. These policies seek to ensure that design is an integral part of the development process.

The District Design Guide SPD also builds on national policy: Planning Policy Statement 1: Delivering Sustainable Development and its supplement: Planning and Climate Change. These promote sustainable, well-designed development to achieve a high quality built and natural environment.

Achieving good design and sustainable development are the core principals underlying planning. At the heart of sustainable development is the simple idea of ensuring a better quality of life for everyone, now and for future generations. The aim of the District Design Guide SPD is to provide additional guidance on how developments can ensure they are sustainable and achieve a high quality of design in a way that respects the local context.

The revised District Design Guide SPD supersedes the existing District Design Guide adopted as Council Policy in November 2005.

Latest News on the District Design Guide SPD

The Council adopted the District Design Guide SPD on 2 March 2010.

The adopted SPD takes account of any representations received during the six-week period of public consultation undertaken in October-December 2009. To see a summary of each representation received and the Council's response to each representation, visit: Planning and New Communities Portfolio Holders Meeting - 2 March 2010 (This link will open in a new window).

Adoption Documents

• District Design Guide SPD: Contents & Chapter 1 | Chapters 2-3 | Chapters 4-6 | Chapters 7-12 | Appendices
• Adoption Statement
• Statement of Consultation
• Sustainability Appraisal Statement
• Sustainability Appraisal Adoption Statement
• Habitats Regulations Assessment Statement
• Equality Impact Assessment

Historic Documents

• The LDF Document Archive contains the draft versions of the SPD and associated documents.
• Interactive draft District Design Guide SPD (This link will open in a new window) - A link to the online consultation website where representations made on the draft SPD can be viewed.

If you would like a further explanation of this SPD, or any other matter relating to the Local Development Framework, please either e-mail the Planning Policy section on ldf@scambs.gov.uk, or phone (01954) 713183.