Ref: 260

Question 3.7

7 of 20 in Place making

Objective

To achieve visual and physical connectivity that makes it easy to find the development and to navigate around.

Importance: ImportanceImportance

Question

This section of the checklist equates with the Building for Life Standard but not on a question by question basis. This question equates with BfL questions 4,7 and 9.

Are there physical and visual links between the development and the surrounding area, and how do they integrate the development with the surrounding area?

  1. Are new routes into the site continuations of existing access points from the surrounding area?
  2. How direct are sight lines of existing neighbourhood streets continued through the site?
  3. Are main routes within the site connected directly to main routes in the wider area without feeding through existing routes with less capacity or with a primarily residential function?

Targets and Justification

Best
Yet to be established
Good
A design strategy addressing all three issues
Minimum
See relevant local planning authority standard for minimum required

Applies to Developments

This question applies to medium and large residential developments; all mixed developments; all office/retail developments; medium and large industrial developments; and clearance/remediation works.

Ref: 260

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