design codes

Local design codes – a new application for coding?

13.01.2021

Jane Dann

Design | design codes | England | Housing | local planning | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood | planning for the future | Planning reform

The government's white paper proposal to introduce design codes presents a challenge to England's planning system. But they can work if they meet a number of criteria, argues Jane Dann
Planning for the Future: Your views on design codes

19.11.2020

Laura Edgar

Design | design codes | England | planning for the future | Policy & Politics

Design guides and codes are generally supported by built environment organisations, but questions remain about how prescriptive they would be and the extent to which local authorities will be sufficiently resourced in order to deliver local codes.
News report: Coding design

05.10.2020

Huw Morris

Design | design codes | England | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood | planning for the future | Policy & Politics

Government proposals for design in England’s planning system are dividing opinions. Huw Morris reports
Fit for purpose? 'Rebalancing' planning can create distinctive places

14.08.2020

Roger Evans

Community Engagement | Design | design codes | Development Management & Enforcement | England | planning for the future

Visionary planning has stagnated as the system has evolved into a means of mediating competing interests, says Roger Evans. But it can be rediscovered in true engagement with communities
Planning for the Future: Training is essential for design codes to bear fruit

13.08.2020

Ben Bolgar

Design | design codes | England | Planning reform | Pllanning for the Future | Policy & Politics

The use of design codes to shape development will require a change in approach – and mindset – from planners if they are to succeed, argues Ben Bolgar. Even then, reform could fail without the right...