Homes and Neighbourhoods: a Guide to Designing in Bradford “This Is About Us
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CONSULTATION DRAFT May 2019 HOMES AND NEIGHBOURHOODS: A GUIDE TO DESIGNING IN BRADFORD “THIS IS ABOUT US. IT’S ABOUT WHAT WE WILL DO TO CREATE AS GOOD A QUALITY OF LIFE AS POSSIBLE FOR THE PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES OF THE BRADFORD DISTRICT.” Kersten England, Chief Executive Bradford Council Plan 2016-2020 Planning & Transport Strategy City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council 4th Floor Britannia House Bradford BD1 1HX Phone: 01274 433679 E-mail: [email protected] Prepared by Copyright © 2019 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. CONTENTS CONTENTS PARTPART A: INTRODUCING THE GUIDE A: PART B: THE DESIGN GUIDANCE INTRODUCING THE GUIDE 5 The Principles: summary 30 Introduction 6 1.0 DEFINING A BRIEF 33 Bradford’s vision and priorities 8 1.1 Establish a project brief 35 Policy and guidance 14 1.2 Site and context analysis 36 How to use the design guidance 16 1.3 Responding to character 38 Process 18 1.4 Making places for people 47 Pre-application meetings 20 1.5 Prioritise the environment 48 Engagement and consultation 22 The design and access statement 24 2.0 CREATING A NEIGHBOURHOOD 51 Balancing cost and quality 26 &GƒPGCEQPEGRV Guidance for residents and 2.2 Density and scale 54 communities 27 2.3 Movement 56 2.4 Green streets 59 2.5 Safe and characterful streets 62 2.6 Open space 64 2.7 Water and drainage 66 2.8 Landscape 68 2.9 Biodiversity 70 2.10 Play 72 2.11 Housing mix 75 2.12 Topography and ground conditions 76 2.13 Roofs and building forms 78 2.14 Key buildings and corners 81 2.15 Parking 82 2.16 Waste 86 2.17 Making inclusive places 88 3.0 MAKING A HOME 91 3.1 Flats and apartments 92 3.2 Internal layout 94 3.3 Storage 99 3.4 Light and ventilation 101 3.5 Outdoor space 103 3.6 Privacy 104 3.7 Elevations 107 APPENDIX 1 - LINKING TO POLICY 113 3.8 Materials and details 109 'PGTI[GHƒEKGPV FURTHER READING 116 IMAGE CREDITS 117 HOMES & NEIGHBOURHOODS: A GUIDE TO DESIGNING IN BRADFORD 3 Wrose Brow, Shipley 4 HOMES & NEIGHBOURHOODS: A GUIDE TO DESIGNING IN BRADFORD PART A PART A: INTRODUCING THE GUIDE HOMES & NEIGHBOURHOODS: A GUIDE TO DESIGNING IN BRADFORD 5 INTRODUCTION Bradford District has a population of These stakeholders have included: over half a million, and with over 124,000 Born in Bradford: one of the world’s people under the age of 16 it is the • largest research studies, it is tracking youngest city in the country. It is also the lives of over 30,000 Bradfordians a fast-growing city, with an increasing WRͤQGRXWZKDWLQͥXHQFHVWKHKHDOWK QXPEHURIROGHUSHRSOH$VLJQLͤFDQW and well-being of families. number of new homes will be required to meet the district’s needs by 2035. • Older and Disabled People Group: a network of established groups 7KHGLVWULFWLVIDFLQJVLJQLͤFDQWKHDOWK across the city representing a range challenges, including some of the highest of interests. They include those with rates of childhood illness in the UK and mobility problems, older people, serious concerns over air quality in visually impaired people, dementia certain areas. And Bradford is the 11th sufferers and people with learning most deprived district in England. GLͦFXOWLHV There is overwhelming evidence that • Bradford Civic Society: a society that the environment in which we live affects champions Bradford’s heritage and our health and well-being. The Council built environment, and encourages is seeking to tackle these issues to higher standards of design and resolve the underlying causes of illness, architecture in new development. inequality and short life expectancy. The Bradford Property Forum: a network of UHTXLUHPHQWIRUVXFKVLJQLͤFDQWDPRXQWV • local property professionals, including of new housing provides an opportunity architects, planners, developers and to set a benchmark for the quality of surveyors. housing and the environment in the district. • Housebuilders and housing associations, the main developers of This document, Homes and housing in the city. Neighbourhoods: A Guide to Designing in Bradford, will help plan for places • All relevant departments within ZKHUHSHRSOHFDQͥRXULVKQRWMXVWLQ the Council, covering public health, housing schemes, but in successful architecture, housing, accessibility, neighbourhoods. These must be inspired drainage, engineering, planning, and by the best places that have developed urban design, among other matters. though the district’s history, and make As a supplementary planning document, the most of its varied settings and these guidelines support the local plan landscape. policies and advance the government’s agenda by putting high-quality design, This guide has been created by healthy and happy communities, collaborating with several key and inclusive design principles at stakeholders in the district to ensure the forefront of market-appropriate that it responds to Bradford’s underlying DQGͤQDQFLDOO\YLDEOHQHZKRXVLQJLQ issues, and that it is supported by the Bradford. companies and individuals who will deliver the housing. 6 HOMES & NEIGHBOURHOODS: A GUIDE TO DESIGNING IN BRADFORD PART A: INTRODUCTION Plan to show Bradford District, with the main urban areas and open spaces HOW WILL THIS DOCUMENT make a reputation for creating homes BENEFIT DIFFERENT USERS? and neighbourhoods that people really appreciate. This guide aims to ensure that new housing will create healthy communities Community groups and residents can in Bradford. It is also designed to ensure make a positive impact on developments that everyone involved in delivering through the consultation process to KRXVLQJZLOOEHQHͤWWRR ensure that schemes are tailored to local needs. Housebuilders and developers want to build the best that is economically The guide is intended for developers, viable for their target market, and they housebuilders, self-builders, local want their progress through the planning communities, politicians, planners, system to be as quick and certain as architects, designers and the full range possible. of built environment professionals. It explains the Council’s aspirations for The Council wants to encourage the best housing design, and it sets out its view of housebuilders and developers to see how the planning and design process can the district as a place where they can work together to help achieve them. HOMES & NEIGHBOURHOODS: A GUIDE TO DESIGNING IN BRADFORD 7 BRADFORD’S VISION AND PRIORITIES 8 HOMES & NEIGHBOURHOODS: A GUIDE TO DESIGNING IN BRADFORD PART A: BRADFORD’S VISION This design guide sets out eight priorities for homes and neighbourhoods in Bradford District. These target the key LVVXHVWKDWZHUHLGHQWLͤHGWKURXJK consultation with a wide range of stakeholders who have an involvement OUR VISION IS FOR or interest in design and development quality in Bradford (as set out on page GREEN, SAFE, INCLUSIVE 6). The vision and priorities are locally EDVHGUHͥHFWLQJZKDWLVLPSRUWDQWLQ Bradford District. AND DISTINCTIVE The design guidance is based on the YLVLRQDQGSULRULWLHVDGGUHVVLQJVSHFLͤF NEIGHBOURHOODS local aspirations, issues and concerns, as well as promoting good practice. These are set out in the 31 design principles THAT CREATE HEALTHY in Part B of this document. The key principles that relate to each of the priorities are also set out overleaf. COMMUNITIES FOR ALL As a supplementary planning document, this guide’s role is to support the district’s A broad variety of adaptable CHOICE Core Strategy, and to provide more detail CHOICE DQGH̪FLHQWKRPHVWKDWDUH on how to interpret and assess it. This 1 affordable to build and run means that the guide must be consistent with planning policy at both national and district levels. GREEN GREEN Green streets and spaces Housebuilders, other developers, and 2 their architects and/or designers can use these eight priorities as headings to structure any stage of the planning and CLUSIV IN E design process, including pre-application INCLUSIVE Accessible places with clear discussions, masterplans or design and 3 and legible pedestrian routes access statements. The following pages explain the eight ALTH Healthy and connected HE Y priorities and why each has been neighbourhoods that promote LGHQWLͤHG HEALTHY 4 wellbeing and community life TINCTIV IS E Neighbourhoods with D 5 DISTINCTIVE LGHQWLW\UH̩HFWLQJWKH district’s varied character P Opening up views and SLO ES 6 SLOPES designing to make the most of the topography and ground FICIEN EF T 7 EFFICIENT (̪FLHQWXVHRIUHVRXUFHV OCES PR S PROCESS Making design and planning 8 processes work together HOMES & NEIGHBOURHOODS: A GUIDE TO DESIGNING IN BRADFORD 9 CHOICE A range of home types and sizes must be delivered to CHOICE meet the needs of people in the district. The design A broad range of adaptable of homes must make good use of space, daylight 1 DQGH̪FLHQWKRPHVWKDWDUH and sunlight; provide good insulation, ventilation, affordable to build, buy, rent storage and privacy; and give careful consideration and run to appearance, noise, outdoor space and amenities. +RPHVPXVWEHHDV\WROLYHLQDQGHͦFLHQWWRUXQDQGKDYHWKH potential to adapt to new circumstances. A particular challenge in Bradford District is to build homes that are well designed and of high quality, without being beyond the means of the people who need them. The district’s diverse population needs these homes to be of a wide variety of sizes and types. KEY RELATED PRINCIPLES 2.11 Housing mix 3.1 Flats and apartments 3.2 Internal layout 3.3 Storage 3.4 Light and ventilation 3.5 Outdoor space 3.6 Privacy (QHUJ\H̪FLHQW GREEN Every new development should be seen as an GREEN opportunity to plant trees and shrubs, and to create Green streets and spaces attractive landscapes. Careful design of matters 2 such as overlooking, lighting, security, seating and boundaries, and consideration of the development’s impact on the microclimate, will contribute to making DSXEOLFUHDOPWKDWZRUNVZHOODQGLVHQMR\DEOHWREHLQ*UHHQ corridors, and blue and green infrastructure, should connect areas, helping people and wildlife get about and to sustain biodiversity. Successful neighbourhoods have green streets and pleasant VSDFHV7KHEHQHͤWVZLOOEHWKDWSHRSOH̵VKHDOWKZLOOEHLPSURYHG as they are inspired to spend time outdoors; homes will have an attractive outlook; and air pollution will be reduced.