Policy information sourced from the Broxbourne Local Plan
DSC6: Designing Out Crime
Applicants must demonstrate they have considered all of the following elements in any proposal:
- that they have maximised opportunities for natural or passive surveillance and public facing frontages through the arrangement of buildings;
- ensuring access routes are direct, signposted, safe and convenient;
- avoiding the creation of blind corridors and narrow alleyways;
- well planned street furniture, boundary treatments, planting and lighting;
- ensuring that paths used for walking and cycling, areas used for cycle and car parking, and recreation and play areas are easily accessible, secure and widely visible.
Security features should be designed in a sensitive manner which respects the overall character of the area. On shop fronts and commercial premises, the use of architectural solutions combined with the use of open grill security shutters is strongly preferred.
For more information please see the Local Plan