Development Management Policies - Direction of ... - Islington Council

2 Design and Heritage
2.0.5 Legible developments help people to find their way around both the development and the
wider areas, and understand how a place works. Developments that have clear distinction
between public and privates spaces have clear public fronts and private backs of buildings,
give clear indication of ownership and management responsibility for these spaces.
2.0.6 Developments need to consider the surrounding and historic street and block pattern of
the site to design streets and spaces which enable people to move easily through an area.
In some places in Islington older streets patterns have been disrupted by later development
blocking routes and making it difficult to navigate and confusing to move around.
2.0.7 The design and layout of buildings must enable sufficient sunlight and daylight to penetrate
into, and between, buildings, and ensure that adjoining land or properties are protected
from overshadowing. To protect privacy for residential developments and existing residential
properties, there should be a minimum distance of 18 metres between windows of habitable
rooms. This does not apply across the public highway.
2.0.8 Adverse effects on the amenity of nearby occupants include any proposed development
which prejudices renewable or low carbon energy supply (e.g. by detrimentally
overshadowing solar panels or interfering with the flow of exhaust CHP gases). In such
situations the proposed development should be redesigned to avoid the adverse impacts.
Policy DM 2
Landscape
A. Development proposals are a required to take a holistic approach to landscape design
and ensure it is considered as part of the whole development. For all developments full
landscape details should be set out in a Landscape Plan submitted with the planning application
(excluding householder applications, changes of use, extensions of less than 100m 2 and minor
works, where there will be no new units, no intensification and no significant sustainable design
and construction impacts).
Also refer to Policy DM18 (Landscaping and Biodiversity) for detailed design requirements.
Inclusive Design
2.0.9 Inclusive environments derive from an understanding of the needs of our increasingly
diverse communities and adapt to their different and evolving demands. Inclusive
environments are easily adaptable and functional, they take into account the views
expressed by users and consider the design and management of the environment
inextricably linked. Where facilities and amenities are conveniently located, appropriate
and accessible to all, sustainability is enhanced. Multiple and unwelcome, forced and/or
premature moves are also reduced, promoting cohesion, stability and the capacity for local
community development.
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Islington Council Development Management Policies - Direction of Travel