Policy information sourced from Hampstead Neighbourhood Plan
DH5 The urban realm
- The Plan supports development that responds positively to the character areas and complies with the relevant streetscape design guidance produced by Camden Council, including in the choice of:
- paving materials;
- lighting;
- location and design of telecommunication cabinets and mobile phone masts;
- design of street furniture such as benches.
- Advertisements on street furniture, including benches, lighting, bus shelters, guardrails, traffic lights or signals and other objects placed on the street (see Camden Planning Guidance 1, 8.10) will be resisted. Such advertisements contribute to visual clutter, harm the character areas or may hinder accessibility.
- Visual clutter that harms the character areas or may hinder accessibility will not be supported.
- Small-scale enhancements to the public realm to provide more greenery, trees, and measures to support biodiversity that improve the environmental sustainability of the Plan area will be supported including:
- increasing planting and greenery to help reduce urban heat island effects and enhance public health;
- incorporating building-scale renewable energy generation such as solar panels where compatible with design and heritage policies, such as DH3 (1);
- implementing sustainable urban drainage systems and rainwater harvesting;
- choosing sustainable and locally sourced materials for paving and street furniture;
- designing a circular system whereby waste outputs become inputs for other processes.
For more information please see the Neighbourhood Plan