Section 3: Place Making and Design Principles [PDF] - South Norfolk ...

3.6.1 Street network
Accommodating vehicles so
they don’t dominate layouts
The layout of a development should be
arranged to create attractive spaces and
not to follow the shape of a vehicular
turning head.
Where vehicular routes run through
spaces, then the space must be
designed so that it is possible to use it in
other ways as well as for driving through
and parking.
In particular, where it is not possible to
create a connected street, a cul-de-sac
must be designed as a space with a
positive character that accommodates a
variety of activity.
Possible evidence
Scheme layout drawings.
The Design & Access Statement should
show that there is a connected network
with a clear hierarchy of streets and it
should explain how it is appropriate to
the scheme.
How is it evaluated?
• Do the proposals treat highways as
streets rather than roads, for the use
of all types of movement, and for
social activity too?
• Is a connected network of streets and
other routes proposed?
• Does the scheme establish a clear
hierarchy of streets?
Main Contents
Section 3 Start
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Uses and
activities
3.3 Accessibility
3.4 Site assets
3.5 Character
3.6 Development
form
3.7 Public realm
3.8 Design
quality
3.9 Performance
3.10 Worked
example
Aerial image of Wymondham: A clear hierarchy of streets
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