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Further copies of this report are available from:  \nDepartment of the Environment, Transport and the Regions  \nPublications Sale Centre  \nUnit 8  \nGoldthorpe Industrial Estate  \nGoldthorpe  \nRotherham S63 9BL  \nTelephone: 01709 891318  \nFax: 01709 881673  \nand branches of The Stationery Office  \nISBN 0000000  \nPrinted in Great Britain on material containing 75% post-consumer waste and 25% ECF pulp. Month 2000  \nCONTENTS  \nFOREWORD 5  \nTHE NEED FOR BETTER URBAN DESIGN 8  \nPurpose of the guide 8  \nUrban design 8  \nPlace-making 9  \nThe role of the planning system 9  \nTowards better practice 10  \nTHINKING ABOUT URBAN DESIGN 14  \nObjectives of urban design 14  \nAspects of development form 16  \nObjectives and development form brought together 17  \nPrompts to thinking 18  \nURBAN DESIGN AND THE PLANNING TOOLKIT 36  \nUnderstanding the local context 36  \nThe development plan 42  \nSupplementary planning guidance 46  \nDevelopment control 61  \nRAISING STANDARDS IN URBAN DESIGN 72  \nProactive management 72  \nCollaboration 73  \nDeveloping the right skills 77  \nDesign initiatives 79  \nMonitoring and review 80  \nAPPENDICES 84  \nChecklists 84  \n- ‘is design working for you?’ 84  \n- ‘information requirements for a planning application’ 86  \nGlossary 88  \nFurther reading 94  \nSome useful contacts 96  \nAcknowledgements 98  \nImage credits 99  \nFOREWORD  \nGood urban design is essential if we are to produce attractive, high-quality, sustainable places in which people will want to live, work and relax. It is fundamental to our objective of an urban renaissance. We do not have to put up with shoddy, unimaginative and second-rate buildings and urban areas. There is a clamour for better designed places which inspire and can be cherished, places where vibrant communities can grow and prosper. To achieve this we need to effect a culture change, and this guide is designed to help this process.  \nIt provides sound, practical advice to help implement the Government’s commitment to good design, as set out in Planning Policy Guidance Note 1 General Policy and Principles. It encourages those who influence and shape development decisions to think more deeply and sensitively about the living environments being created. It reinforces the call in the Urban Task Force’s report “Towards an Urban Renaissance” for earlier, greater and better-informed attention to urban design.  \nThe guide has been drawn up around a limited number of simple but compelling principles. We want to draw out three in particular. First, good design is important everywhere, not least in helping to bring rundown, neglected places back to life. Second, while the planning system has a key role to play in delivering better design, the creation of successful places depends on the skills of designers and the vision and commitment of those who employ them. Finally, no two places are identical and there is no such thing as a blueprint for good design. Good design always arises from a thorough and caring understanding of place and context.  \nThis Government showed its commitment to securing good urban design, when it created the Commission for Architecture and the Bu","cbCait3dtklEBv7M","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCait3dtklEBv7M","pdf",3998719,99,"English","# Foreword\n# The need for better urban design\n## Purpose of the guide\n## Urban design\n## Place-making\n## The role of the planning system\n## Towards better practice\n# Thinking about urban design\n## Objectives of urban design\n## Aspects of development form\n## Objectives and development form brought together\n## Prompts to thinking\n# Urban design and the planning toolkit\n## Understanding the local context\n## The development plan\n## Supplementary planning guidance\n## Development control\n# Raising standards in urban design\n## Proactive management\n## Collaboration\n## Developing the right skills\n## Design initiatives\n## Monitoring and review\n# Appendices\n## Checklists\n## Glossary\n## Further reading\n## Some useful contacts\n## Acknowledgements\n## Image credits","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of this guide on urban design?\",\"answer\":\"It aims to promote higher standards in urban design and encourage better design practice in the planning process, as a companion to existing planning policy guidance.\"},{\"question\":\"Does the guide introduce new policy?\",\"answer\":\"No. It does not set out new policy; it supports and elaborates on the Government’s design policy already contained in PPG1 and other PPGs.\"},{\"question\":\"Why is good urban design considered essential in the guide?\",\"answer\":\"Good urban design is presented as fundamental to creating attractive, high-quality, sustainable places where people want to live and where communities can grow and prosper.\"}]","by design - Urban design in the planning system - towards better practice | PDF",249]