Sustainable Design - Supplementary Planning Document

Sustainable Design in Plymouth

This Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) provides guidance to developers on a range of sustainable design issues, such as developing sustainable communities, designing distinctive neighbourhoods, making connections and designing safe and attractive streets as well as promoting gains in biodiversity and providing development that is future proofed.

Where we are

The comments made in the consultation in December 2007 have been used to amend and alter the document. The final document went before the Full Council on 6 July 2009, when it was adopted.

There are also a number of fact sheets supporting the SPD as follows:

• Design and access statements
• Design codes
• Design panel

Historic environment advice leaflets:

• Historic parks and gardens
• Listed buildings and scheduled ancient monuments
• Principles of repair of listed buildings
• Conservation areas
• Climate change assessments
• Biodiversity assessments and management plans

Evidence Base

The key evidence base documents that the Draft Sustainable Design in Plymouth SPD is based on are as follows:

• Conservation Area Fact Sheet
• Design and Access Statements
• Design Codes
• Registered Parks and Gardens Fact Sheet
• Listed Building and Scheduled Ancient Monuments Fact Sheet
• Principles of Repair for Historic Buildings
• Guidance for Onsite Renewables (Policy CS20)

Procedural Documents

Adopted Sustainable Design Supplementary Planning Document [5.6MB]*

Regulations 17 Statement - Draft Design Supplementary Planning Document - detailed list of consultees [20.5KB]

Statement of Proposal Matters - Draft Design Supplementary Planning Document [16.3KB]

Statement of Availability - Draft Design Supplementary Planning Document [16.8KB]

Evidence Base external web links for Draft Design Supplementary Planning Document [58.6KB]

Sustainability Appraisal Report - Design Supplementary Planning Document [55KB]

Habitat Regulations Assessment - Draft Design Supplementary Planning Document [305.4KB]

Summary of responses to the Draft Sustainable Design SPD - table setting out the responses to the Draft Sustainable Design SPD.
File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 49KB

Sustainable Design SPD adoption letter - adoption of the SPD at the Council Meeting on 6 July 2009 [18KB]

Sustainable Design SPD adoption statement - adoption of the SPD at the Council Meeting on 6 July 2009 [14KB]

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