The Council has produced and adopted Supplementary Planning Guidance on a range of topics concerned with the design of the built environment to help applicants, agents, designers, developers and Council officers prepare and evaluate development proposals. These adopted guidance documents are a material consideration when determining planning applications and are available to download below.
Places to Live: Urban Design Guidance for Residential Development
The Council's aim is to inspire, encourage and support more sustainable and attractive places, which respond to their context and make efficient use of land. To help achieve this, the document sets out design guidance for new residential developments. This includes advice on structuring development, arranging buildings and detailing public areas and buildings.
Adopted: April 2002
Sustainable Design and Construction
The Council is keen to facilitate an increased awareness of the impact that development has on the environment, both at construction stage and throughout the lifetime of a development. This document therefore sets out guidance on how to maximise the sustainability of a development, and will be useful to applicants seeking planning consent for new development, potential occupiers of such developments, and those considering making environmental improvements to a building.
The document was adopted by full Council on 22 July 2004
Industrial Development Planning and Design Guidance
The Council believes that industrial development could, and should, make a positive contribution to creating attractive and sustainable places. The document sets out a number of layout and design principles that encourage a more pleasant and attractive business environment.
Adopted: April 2002
Basingstoke Central Area Action Plan
This Action Plan suggests how the centre of Basingstoke could develop over the next twenty to thirty years. Its purpose is to inspire everyone to make a difference by helping to build an attractive vibrant and accessible Central Area for Basingstoke.
Adopted: October 2003
See also 'Design Guidance for (upper) New Road', below.
Garage Court Redevelopment: Good Practice Guide
Vacant and underused garage courts are identified in the Council's Urban Capacity Study as a potential source of sites for new dwellings. This guide contains tests to help establish whether redevelopment should be considered and contains guidance for the design of proposals.
Adopted: December 2001
Extending Your Home: Design Guidance for Residential Extensions
This document offers guidance for the design of domestic extensions. there are more rigorous design criteria for listed buildings and buildings in conservation areas.
Adopted: June 2001
Shopfronts and Advertisements: Design Guidance
This document sets out guidance for the design of new shopfronts, and alterations to existing shopfronts in traditional shopping areas. It is useful to help restore previously modernised shopfronts or to prepare designs for modern shopfronts which are based on traditional principles and proportions. Many traditional shopping areas are also conservation areas where there are additional planning controls.
Adopted: June 2001
Countryside Design Summary
This explains in simple terms the essential design relationship between the Borough's landscape, settlement patterns and buildings. It identifies distinct character areas and sets out design criteria for each of these, against which any future development proposals can be assessed.
Adopted: April 2002
Design Guidance for (upper) New Road, Basingstoke
Following further public consultation on the ideas first set out in the Central Area Action Plan (see above), the Borough Council adopted a number of urban design principles as informal planning and design guidance for the (upper) New Road area in Basingstoke on 21 July 2005. Any future development should seek to achieve these design principles in order to create a more attractive and successful environment along New Road.
Adopted: July 2005
Smoking Shelters: Planning and General Guidance
This guide sets out what constitutes a legal smoking shelter and when planning permission is required. It also provides background information on how planning applications for smoking shelters will be determined.