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Central Bedfordshire Council www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk The Central Bedfordshire Design Guide A new guide for development Connie Frost Bryant Sian Farrier
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The Central Bedfordshire

Design Guide

A new guide for development

Connie Frost Bryant

Sian Farrier

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We’re good at design in Central Bedfordshire

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But we haven’t got it all right every time…

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The new Central Bedfordshire Design

Guide

Supports the policies of the

Development Strategy

Fit for purpose for all types of

development

Covers new areas like Lifetime Homes

and Adaptation to Climate Change

New guide will provide certainty and

clarity to all involved in new

development

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Process

• Site visits with CBC

Members, Officers and

representatives of the

development industry

• Internal consultation

• Two themed workshops and

a focus group

• Further internal consultation

• Public consultation in

Autumn 2013

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Content and structure

1. Placemaking Principles

2. Green Infrastructure & Environmental Design

3. Historic Environment

4. Public Realm

5. Residential Development

6. Accommodating Specific Housing Needs

7. Alterations and Extensions

8. Larger Footprint Buildings

9. Town Centres and Retail Development

10. Movement and Streets

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Overview of new design requirements

1. Minimum room and garden standards

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Current room size situation in Central Bedfordshire:

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Minimum home sizes:

• Introduces new

standards

• The Design Guide

proposes a move

towards best practice

• Housing Standards

Review

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Cooking, eating and living space: Internal floor areas:

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Storage space: Bedroom areas:

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Minimum garden sizes:

• Minimum depths and

areas for houses and flats

• A sliding scale depending

on the size of the home

Garden to 4 storey, 4+bed

house, Upton

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2. Bin storage

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Solutions:

• Integrated into the

design of the building

• Emphasis on communal

storage

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4. Parking

Former national planning

policies allowed as little

as 2.5 spaces for a 4

bedroom home and also

had maximum standards

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CBC Parking Strategy

(2012) reacted by

increasing provision to 1

space per bedroom

Residential

Use

Number of

Bedrooms

Number of Spaces

Required

4+ 4 per unit + 1 per 4

3 3 per unit + 1 per 4

2 2 per unit + 1 per 4

1 1 per unit + 1 per 4

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A new, more flexible

approach to parking:

• Combination of

on/off plot and on

street most suitable

option

• Emphasis on on-

street solutions

• Integrated into initial

design concept

• Convenient

• Should not dominate

the street

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New parking standards

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The guide is the starting

point for good design in

Central Bedfordshire


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