SLP KDBH Extracts - Flipbook - Page 124
development is sympathetic to the surrounding natural, built and historic
environment;
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ii.
Ensure new developments include useable private outdoor amenity space
and provide public and private open spaces where there is a choice of areas
of shade, shelter and access to recreation that will benefit people, wildlife and
provide flood storage and carbon management.
iii.
Secure the sustainable long-term use of new development through flexible,
robust and future-proofed design and layout (including through low carbon
technologies);
iv.
Make appropriate provision for water management within development,
without causing unacceptable harm to retained features, utilising innovative
design solutions. Sustainable Drainage Systems should respond to and
complement landscape character and urban design, in accordance with the
principles of Policy P11 - Water and Flood Risk Management;
v.
Conserve, restore and enhance biodiversity, reflecting the principles of Policy
P10 Natural Environment;
vi.
Respect and enhance landscape character and quality, including trees,
hedgerows and other landscape features, integrating them into the
development, and contribute to strategic and local green infrastructure.
Proposals should relate well to local topography and landscape features and
consider the protection and management of the existing tree stock on site.
There should not be an unacceptable loss of or damage to existing trees.
Developments should incorporate new tree planting, including streets being
tree-lined wherever possible;
vii.
Create attractive, inclusive, safe, active, legible and uncluttered streets and
public spaces, which integrate with existing paths, streets, circulation
networks and patterns of activity and have regard to the quality of the
frontage public realm and the transition between the site boundary and the
street.
viii.
Make sufficient provision for sustainable waste management (including
facilities for kerbside collection, waste separation and minimisation where
appropriate) without adverse impact on the street scene, the local landscape
or the amenities of neighbours;
ix.
Contribute positively to the creation of high quality places which are
accessible, interconnected and easily maintained. The design and layout of
developments should promote health and wellbeing, support wildlife,
encourage walking and cycling and reduce crime and the fear of crime
through the adoption of Secured by Design principles.
3.
All residential development proposals shall demonstrate how they meet Building for
Life 12, or its equivalent.
4.
All developments should comply with the urban design principles set out in
established current design guidance, including at present; The National Design
Guide (2019), Urban Design Compendium 1 and 2 (2007), Manual for Streets 1