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- DESIGN AND CRIME
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ACCESS & CIRCULATIONPromote inclusive design, making environments that are accessible to all, offers freedom to choose, embraces diversity, is safe, legible and predictable and is of high quality (NW Best Practice Design Guide p.12). Promote design that addresses the connections between people and places by considering the needs of people to access jobs and key services; (PPS 1, Para 35) Promote accessibility and local permeability by making places that connect with each other and are easy to move through, putting people before traffic and integrating land uses and transport. (By Design, Pg 15) Promote legibility through development that provides recognisable routes, intersections and landmarks to help people find their way around. (By Design, Pg 15) Development plans should contain clear and comprehensive inclusive access policies. They should consider people’s diverse needs and aim to break down the unnecessary barriers and exclusions in a manner that benefits the entire community. (PPS1, Para 39) Local Authorities should seek to meet the accessibility needs of disabled people in all developments by giving attention to the needs of disabled people in the design, layout and physical conditions. (PPS 13, Para 31) During building design or refurbishment, ensure staircases are designed and positioned to encourage people to use them, are clearly signposted and are attractive to use (NICE Public Health Guidance 8 p9) DESIGN AND CRIMESection 17 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 requires all local authorities to exercise their functions with due regard to their likely effect on crime and disorder, and to do all they reasonably can to prevent crime and disorder. The prevention of crime and the enhancement of community safety are matters that a local planning authority should consider when exercising its functions under the Town and Country Planning Legislation. (Safer Places, the Planning System and Crime Prevention, pg 7) Ensure new developments create safe and accessible environments where crime and disorder or fear of crime does not undermine quality of life or community cohesion; (PPS1, Para 36)(NW Best Practice Design Guide p.9) LPA’s in partnership with the police should promote designs and layouts that are safe (both in terms of road safety and personal security) and take account of crime prevention and community safety considerations. (PPS 13, Para 28) LPA’s to ensure development should; Clearly delineate public, communal, semi private and private spaces, avoiding ill-defined or left over spaces. Allow natural surveillance, particularly of surrounding public spaces, means of access and parking areas. Avoid places on concealment and inadequately lit areas; Encourage activity within public areas. (UDP, Policy DES10) (Design & Crime SPD, Para 2.8) Layouts that encourage walking and cycling should be designed to ensure the safety of those travelling along them. (Design & Crime SPD, Pg 12) Ensure that new commercial buildings are designed to incorporate measures to deter external attack. (Design & Crime SPD, Policy DC12) Lighting should be designed and positioned appropriately and maintained in order to avoid lights being obscured or the creation of deep shadows. (Design & Crime SPD, Policy DC15) Communal car parking should be designed in order to maximise natural surveillance (Design & Crime SPD, Policy DC 19) TALL BUILDINGSAny new tall building should be in an appropriate location, should be of excellent design quality in its own right and should enhance the qualities of its immediate location and setting. It should produce more benefits that costs to the lives of those affected by it (Guidance on Tall Buildings, Para 2.4 and 4.4) LPA’s are encouraged to identify suitable locations where tall buildings are, and are not, appropriate, in areas where such developments are a possibility. A Plan led approach, setting out a clear long-term vision is strongly encouraged by CABE and English Heritage (Guidance on Tall Buildings, Para 2.4 and 2.5) Ensure the siting and design of tall buildings is demonstrated thoroughly and shown in a comprehensive Design Statement (City of Salford UDP.Para 6.18) Our skyline will welcome the variety of tall buildings bring whilst respecting their immediate environment (Design SPD p35) Consult with Manchester Airport on any development exceeding 90metres in height within the southern half of the city (City of Salford UDP, Para 6.19). WATERSIDE DEVELOPMENTEnsure that all future development serves to enhance the environmental quality and public access to the waterside. (UDP, para 6.20) Utilise the unique opportunities presented by waterside development for the benefit of all people of Salford (Design SPD p35). All new development adjacent to the River Irwell, the Manchester Ship canal, Salford Quays, the Bridgewater canal and the Manchester, Bolton, Bury Canal will be required to facilitate pedestrian access to, along and where appropriate, across the waterway by the provision of; A safe attractive and overlooked waterside walkway, accessible to all and at all times of the day, where this is compatible with the commercial role of the waterway. Pedestrian links between the waterside walkway and other key pedestrian routes and; Where appropriate, ground floor uses that generate pedestrian activity, and larger waterside spaces to act as focal points for public activity. (City of Salford UDP, Policy DES 6) Ensure that all built development along waterways will be required to: Face onto the water, and incorporate entrances onto the waterfront, where appropriate. Be of the highest standard of design, creating a positive addition to the waterside environment and providing an attractive elevation to it. Be of a scale sufficient to frame the edge of the waterside and Enhance views from, of, across and along the waterway, and provide visual links to the waterside from surrounding areas. (UDP, Policy DES 6) Applications for development in the Quays Point area should be of high design quality (Media City & Quays Point: Salford Quays and Trafford Wharfside Planning Guidance Para 2.10) Ensure the creation of clear physical linkages between the core Quays Point site and its essential hinterland, to encourage economic and social integration with surrounding industrial, commercial and residential areas. (Media City & Quays Point: Salford Quays and Trafford Wharfside Planning Guidance Para 3.4) Ensure linkages with elements of green infrastructure around Salford Quays and Trafford Wharfside and promote planting to create and enhance a network of green spaces and routes, particularly based around the Manchester Ship Canal, the River Irwell and the Bridgewater Canal. (Media City & Quays Point: Salford Quays and Trafford Wharfside Planning Guidance, Para 3.4) Waterside development within the Irwell City Park will provide a mix of uses to contribute to the creation of a vibrant and interesting area which has activity during the day and evening throughout the year, it should encourage further use of the River for transport, recreation and sport, and provide active frontages facing the river (Irwell City Park policies ICP22, ICP23 and ICP24) Download 1.19 Mb. Share with your friends:
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