The Industrial Heritage Conservation Area Design Guide was adopted by Council as Supplementary Planning Advice (SPA) on 6th Nov 2008 and forms part of the IHCA Conservation Area Statement. It acts as a practical supplement to the policy and design guidance contained in the IHCA Management Proposals SPD and focuses on ways to preserve or enhance the local distinctiveness and special character of the eight conservation areas covered by the IHCA review through the design of new development – from small home extensions to major development schemes. You can download the Design Guide chapter by chapter:
The IHCA review, foreword and table of contents
Format of the Conservation Area Statement
How to use this document
Purpose of the Design Guide
Using the design guide to support the IHCA dIHCA management proposal SPD
What is urban design?
Design Objectives
The design process: aspects of development form
Principles of good practice
Building in context
Policy and design priorities
Priority 1: gaps, settlement patterns and open space
Priority 2: industrial character
Priority 3: canalside development
Priority 4: housing development in the valley bottoms
Principles of good practice
Layout
Principles of good practice
Scale
Height and massing
Principles of good practice
Appearance
Building form: shape and proportions
Building form: facade and interface
Shapes, materials, details and colours: areas of differing character (IHCA Character Parts)
Principles of good practice
Public realm
Boundaries and enclosure
Ground surfacing
Highways, footways, kerbs and verges
Planting and landscaping
Signage and adverts
Public art
Building in context: appraising the public realm
Principles of good practice
Sustainability
Building conservation vs energy conservation?
Building materials
Renewable energy
The natural environment, biodiversity and ecology impacts
Design guide assessment toolkit: appraising sustainable design
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