DERBYSHIRE DALES DISTRICT COUNCIL Consultation Statement The Shopfronts and Commercial Properties Design Guidance Supplementary Planning Document Consultation Proposed Revisions to ‘Paint Colours’ This statement has been prepared in order to comply with Regulation 17 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) Regulations 2004 (as amended 2008 & 2009), for the adoption of Supplementary Planning Documents by Local Planning Authorities Director of Planning and Housing Services Paul Wilson MCD, Dip TP, Dip Mgmt, MRTPI, MIMgt Derbyshire Dales District Council Town Hall Matlock Derbyshire DE4 3NN Tel: 01629 761100 Email :
[email protected] Preamble Design guidance in the existing Shopfront and Commercial Properties SPD, specifically that relating to ‘Paint Colours’ on pages 16 and 17, was intended to ensure that the colours used on individual properties reflected the historic period from which the property originated. More recently this guidance has been reviewed in the light of architectural paint research undertaken by English Heritage, and other heritage paint manufacturers, including Little Greene (English Heritage), Dulux (Heritage range), and Farrow and Ball with reference also made to the paint ranges set out in the British Standards. This research has identified that many shop fronts from the period 1780 to 1840 (Georgian/Regency) were painted in lighter, more neutral ‘stone’ coloured shades including greys, creams, beige/fawn along with imitation wood, and shades of brown and green. Shop fronts from the period 1840 to 1920 (Victorian/Edwardian) generally used darker, richer colours including blues, greens, reds and black. However the neutral shades of grey, beige/fawn and dark cream from the previous era may also have been used.