What is a design code?
A design code is a set of simple, concise, illustrated design requirements that are visual and numerical, wherever possible, which provide specific, detailed parameters for the design of new development.
The Runnymede Design Code will be used to determine whether planning applications are acceptable in design terms, and will support the implementation of the 2030 Local Plan.
It will set specific local requirements in order to improve design quality of new development, for example:
- the layout of new development, including street pattern
- how landscaping should be approached including the importance of streets being tree-lined
- the factors to be considered when determining whether façades of buildings are of sufficiently high quality
- the environmental performance of places and buildings
- that developments should clearly take account of local vernacular and heritage, architecture and materials
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