Renfrewshire’s Places Residential Design Guide March 2015 Renfrewshire’s Places: Residential Design Guide | March 2015 ? 2 Renfrewshire’s Places: Residential Design Guide | March 2015 ? Contents Introduction . 4 Process . 34 . Layout and Built Form Purpose . .4 . Design Process . .34 . Block Structure . .45 . Status of this Guide . 4 . Planning Applications . 35 . Plots . 46. Scope . 4 . Roads Construction Consent . .35 . Density and Form . 47. Using this Guide . 4. Supporting Information . .35 . Orientation . 48 . Policy Context . 5 . Achieving Appropriate Traffic Speed . .49 . Design Considerations . 36 Junction Types and Arrangements . 50 . Streets for People . 51. Sustainable Placemaking . 6. Context and Character Integrating Parking . 52 Street Design Hierarchy . 6. Location . 36 Emergency and Service Vehicles . 53. Design Considerations . 7 Context . 37. Environment and Community Qualities of Successful Places . 7 Identity . 38 . Housing Type and Tenure . 54 . Redevelopment and Infill . 39. Renfrewshire’s Places . 8. Open Space . 55 Access and Connectivity Drainage . 56 Overview . .8 . Connections to Wider Networks . .40 . Buildings and Design Dargavel Village, Bishopton . 10 Connections Within a Place . 41 Utilities . 57 . Charleston Square, Paisley . 14. Walkable Neighbourhoods . 42. Planting . 57. Ferry Village, Renfrew . 18. Public Transport . 43. Materials . 58. Oldhall and Ralston, Paisley . .22 . Pedestrians and Cyclists . .44 . Clippens and Brediland Roads, Linwood . .26 Reducing Clutter . 59. High Street, Lochwinnoch . 30 Low Carbon Design and Energy Efficiency . 60 Glossary . 62 Additional Information . 64. Contact Us . .65 . Useful Contacts . 65 3 Renfrewshire’s Places: Residential Design Guide | March 2015 ? Introduction The Renfrewshire’s Places Residential Purpose Scope Design Guide sets out the objectives This gu ide provides advice which will be useful through This guidance has been prepared in support of of sustainable placemaking, design the pre-application and application stage for Planning Delivering the Places Strategy in the Renfrewshire Local considerations and the process through Permission and Roads Construction Consent of a Development Plan (LDP) . It applies in all areas covered which high quality designs can be achieved . development . by the places policies in the LDP The guide aims to provide an understanding of the Design quality can be achieved in a variety Renfrewshire context and illustrates appropriate ways Using this Guide of different ways and there will not be a to respond to it, rather than setting out prescriptive or single correct solution for a site . universal design standards . The electronic version of this document is interactive . It contains navigation links which can be clicked to view The purpose of the guidance document is to encourage different sections and other online resources . You can Renfrewshire’s Places uses local examples best practice and high quality design by showing to illustrate some successful approaches to also use the navigation bar at the top of each page to factors which should be considered through the design view the following: sustainable placemaking in Renfrewshire . process and appropriate ways of responding to these considerations . Status of this Guide The Planning and Property Policy Board on 10 March 2015 approved the Renfrewshire’s Places Residential ? Design Guide as a means to provide advice and Go to previous Go to Go to guidance to prospective developers . page viewed contents page glossary page Design is a material consideration in planning assessments and is supported through national as well as development plan policies . Renfrewshire’s Places complements these policies and shows how to deliver successful sustainable places in Renfrewshire . Renfrewshire’s Places is non-statutory guidance, although this document will be a material consideration in the determination of planning applications . 4 Renfrewshire’s Places: Residential Design Guide | March 2015 ? Policy context This guide shows how to deliver successful places in Renfrewshire by addressing national and local policies . © Crown copyright 2013 You may re-use this information (excluding logos and images) free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government Licence. To view this licence, visit http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/ or e-mail: [email protected]. Where we have identified any third party copyright information you will need to obtain permission from the copyright holders concerned. This document is available from our website at www.scotland.gov.uk. streets designing First published by the Scottish Government, June 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78256-622-9 eBook first published by the Scottish Government, June 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78256-643-4 (ePub) Scotland for Statement Policy A Kindle eBook first published by the Scottish Government, June 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78256-644-1 (Mobi) The Scottish Government St Andrew’s House © Crown copyright 2010 Edinburgh EH1 3DG ISBN: 978-0-7559-8264-6 PLACES CREATING RR Donnelley B63780 03/10 www.scotland.gov.uk Produced for the Scottish Government by APS DPPAS13822 (06/13) Published by the Scottish Government, June 2013 www.scotland.gov.uk Gr oup Sc otland designingA Policy Statement for Scotland A policy statement on architecture National Policy Scottish Planning Policy (SPP), Creating and place for Scotland Places and Designing Streets set out streets Policies the Scottish Government’s policies and Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Strategic Development Plan > Street design must consider place before May 2012 movement. 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