Policy information sourced from the Burpham Neighbourhood Plan

B-FD 1: General Development Standards

All development will be designed to a high quality and to reinforce local distinctiveness. Design which fails to have regard to local context and which does not preserve or enhance the character and quality of an area will not be acceptable development. Proposals for new development, extensions and alterations to existing buildings and structures will be expected to:

  • have regard to the character assessments set out in Appendix 2 (part of this policy); and
  • make efficient use of land while respecting the density, street patterns, plot sizes, building lines, character, landscape, and biodiversity of the surrounding area; and
  • be suitably designed within the context for which they are set; and
  • retain existing important landscape and natural features; and
  • ensure that the scale, height and massing of buildings relate sympathetically to the surrounding area; and
  • create safe environments addressing crime prevention and community safety; and
  • use traditional and vernacular building materials where such treatment is necessary to protect the context of the development concerned.

For more information please see the Neighbourhood Plan