Design and Sustainability Supplementary Planning Document July 2018 Foreword This Supplementary Planning Document has been prepared by Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council in its role as Local Planning Authority to support the delivery of the Basingstoke and Deane Local Plan 2011-29. It has been informed by extensive consultation including a six week formal consultation with residents and other stakeholders. It has been prepared in accordance with The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 and is a material consideration in the determination of planning applications. 1 Table of contents Section 3 – Spatial Structure Section 6 – Arrangement of 19 buildings and creation of spaces 48 Section 1 – Introduction 4 Creating a grid of routes and blocks 19 Continuous active frontages 48 Aims and objectives of urban design Grids 20 5 Density 50 Blocks 21 Context and character 5 Mixing uses 51 Giving form to blocks 22 Sustainability 6 Bringing life to spaces 52 Design and sustainability objectives for Enclosure 53 the borough 7 Section 4 – Formation of Variety 54 Relevant planning policy 8 structure 31 Corners 54 How to use this document 10 Shape 31 Rhythm 55 Routes and connections 33 Views and Vistas 55 Section 2 – Starting point for Routes/linkages 33 Green Infrastructure 56 achieving good urban design: Street hierarchy 34 Biodiversity 59 contextual survey and Focal spaces 37 Interface with the public realm 59 analysis 12 Green Infrastructure and external Topography 59 Process of conducting contextual environment 38 Maintenance and protection of spaces survey and analysis 12 Local centres 40 61 Compiling and conveying the results of Legibility 41 Specific types of building arrangement the analysis 16 Character areas 41 (rural layouts and commercial Creating a vision/design framework developments) 62 17 Section 5 – Movement and walkability 43 2 Section 7 – cycle storage and Housing 99 Internal spaces 133 vehicle parking 67 Flats 103 Cycle storage 67 Office buildings 104 Section 11 – Extensions 135 General design principles for vehicle Industrial/logistics 105 Residential buildings 135 parking provision 68 Educations buildings 105 Site analysis 135 Residential development 69 Sub-division of dwellings and houses Neighbour impacts 136 Public squares/central open space of multiple occupation 107 Design and impact on the character of 69 Shopfronts 108 the area 138 Central reservation parking 70 Specific types of extensions 142 Parking areas within the curtilage Sections 9 – materials and Fenestration 145 70 detailing 111 Materials and detailing 145 Parking courts 72 Elevations 111 Extensions and refurbishment of non- Undercroft and basement parking Roof materials and detailing 120 residential buildings 147 73 External spaces 122 Non-curtilage parking 73 Preventing the deterioration of Glossary 149 Commercial development 73 materials and detailing through the Appendix 1 – Village Design planning process 125 Statements 154 Section 8 – High quality Appendix 2 – Basingstoke and Deane buildings 75 Section 10 – Residential Conservation Areas 155 Important design concepts for amenity 126 Appendix 3 – Waste/recycling 156 individual buildings 75 External spaces 126 Appendix 4 – Nationally Described Space Standards (for reference) 167 Important elements of buildings 81 Flats 128 Sustainable design approaches 87 Privacy 129 Tall buildings 93 Natural light and outlook 131 3 sustainability issues, both in shaping the arrangement of Section 1 - terms of key principles, and built form and the creation of Introduction how they are applicable to the a network of streets borough. This section also o movement and walkability – 1.1 This document sets out considers the relevant planning stressing the importance of guidance in order to support the policy context at both the creating a positive achievement of high quality national and local level. environment for walking and sustainable development, which The process of contextual cycling responds positively to the survey and analysis as the o urban design principles for context. This guidance is part of foundation for achieving the arrangement of buildings the council’s goal of raising the designs which respond and creating successful quality of new development in positively to the context. This spaces the borough and will help to includes guidance in relation to o design considerations in ensure that key priorities set out the factors which need to be relation to vehicle parking in national and local level policy considered as part of this and cycle storage are met, along with the process. o guidance for ensuring the objectives of the Council Plan Detailed consideration of high quality design of new and Sustainability Community specific urban design and buildings Strategy, such as making the sustainability principles, starting o sustainable design borough an even better place to with macro scale issues and approaches in relation to live, enhancing levels of then progressing down to more built form physical and mental wellbeing, micro level issues. The issues o specific guidance in relation improving the local economy, covered encompass the to certain types of buildings delivering well-planned growth following: – including tall buildings, and maintaining and enhancing housing and commercial the built and natural o spatial structure – mainly development environment. focusing on grids and blocks o materials and detailing and how this influences o residential amenity 1.2 The document encompasses street patterns and the o extensions to existing the following elements: character of places buildings – including o formation and expression of housing. Introduction – encompassing a structure – issues such as general overview of design and 4 1.3 Each section includes a set of creating places which are for important to ensure that the specific principles which people first and foremost following principles are followed encapsulates the guidance set influencing the development when designing new out and how it will need to be process to provide better places development: reflected in the design of new for people development. harmonising the full range of design solutions should be elements affecting the process orientated (a creative Aims and objectives of Urban development process in order approach based on the Design to create well designed, high context), as opposed to being product-driven (standard quality environments 1.4 Firstly, it is considered helpful to recapturing some of the solutions imposed regardless of clarify the general ethos which conceptual qualities of context) underpins urban design theory traditional townscapes, with new design should be an and practice. their strong sense of place, original response to the context the overuse of standard designs continuity of built form and which are not informed by the “…It is the collaborative and multi- richness in terms of variety and specific site context will not be disciplinary process of shaping the details acceptable, as this inherently physical setting for life in cities, towns preventing fragmentation and fails to respond to the context or and villages; the art of making places; ensuring successful integration create a distinctive character design in an urban context. Urban of different townscape elements design involves the design of to create a richly varied whole. where the existing character is buildings, groups of buildings, spaces undistinguished, opportunities and landscapes, and the Context and character must be taken to help solve establishment of frameworks and those problems, i.e. create a processes that facilitate successful 1.6 In addition, overarching urban distinctive character and raise development.…” (Urban Design design principles which the standard of design in the Group, 2017) underpin the principles set out locality in this document, are the poor pastiche or simply 1.5 Other key urban design importance of context and the replicating mediocre design is principles are considered to be need to protect, or where it is not good design as follows: lacking create, distinctive innovative design approaches character. Consequently, it is can provide a positive and 5 interesting solution, but the Sustainable urban design respond to local climatic design needs to be sympathetic principles conditions to the context (e.g. utilise provide and protect green and traditional layouts, building Strategic principles: open spaces forms, materials and detailing). encourage ‘walkability’ minimise loss of planting/natural it is important to ensure that provide extensive, well features there is a high quality, well connected cycleways and make generous provision for designed external environment, pedestrian routes new planting and new development needs to support the use of public support the delivery of the use sustainable drainage transport council’s Green Infrastructure systems make urban areas better places Strategy. retain and enhance habitat to live, and hence facilitate linkages and corridors. provide extensive, well sustainable patterns of connected cycleways and development pedestrian routes, which protect Buildings: increase densities in and enhance on-site public provide energy efficient sustainable locations in a rights of way, and where buildings sensitive manner, particularly appropriate, connect to the incorporate renewable energy central urban areas and around surrounding access network. technologies in a contextually public transport nodes sensitive manner minimise urban sprawl