Trafford design code
Design code details
- Reference
- trafford-design-code
- Name
- Trafford design code
- Description
- The Trafford Design Code makes clear to the community, developers and landowners the quality of new development which is expected in Trafford. It has been written as a Supplementary Planning Document to sit alongside the National Design Guide and National Model Design Code as a key material consideration in planning decision making
- Organisation
- Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
- Design code status
- Document URL
- https://trafforddesigncode.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Trafford-Design-Code_text-only-version_June2023.pdf
- Documentation URL
- https://trafforddesigncode.uk/
Design code rules
There are 179 rules in this Design Code
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Accessibility
Categories: accessibility, public-realm
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Accessibility standards
Categories: accessibility, housing-for-all, regulation-compliance
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Accessibility standards
Categories: accessibility, building-regulations
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Accessible external areas
Categories: accessibility, outdoor-design
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Accessible external footways
Categories: accessibility, outdoor-spaces, pathways
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Accessible lifts
Categories: accessibility, vertical-transportation
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Accessible parking
Categories: accessibility, parking, design
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Accessible parking
Categories: accessibility, parking-design
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Active frontages
Categories: urban-design, community-engagement
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Active frontages
Categories: urban-design, community-engagement
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Active ground floor uses
Categories: urban-interaction, community-engagement
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Active ground floor uses
Categories: active-frontage
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Active land uses
Categories: active-frontage, mix, community
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Active travel and street hierarchy
Categories: street-hierarchy, walking, cycling
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Active travel and street hierarchy
Categories: street-hierarchy, walking, community
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Amenity space
Categories: outdoor-space, community-design
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Ancillary infrastructure
Categories: servicing
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Apartments per core
Categories: building-design, accessibility
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Architectural detailing
Categories: facade-design, aesthetic-detailing
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Articulation
Categories: facade-design, architectural-detail
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Articulation
Categories: facade-design, architectural-detail
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Aspect
Categories: building-design, light-access
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Basement
Categories: parking-design, landscaping, architectural-integration
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Basement
Categories: car-parking
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Basement parking
Categories: parking, basement-design, landscaping
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Bin storage
Categories: waste-management, design, functionality
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Bin storage
Categories: waste-management, design-integration
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Biodiversity
Categories: biodiversity, net-gain
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Boundaries and Edges
Categories: boundaries-edges, biodiversity, street-trees
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Boundaries between frontages or front gardens
Categories: boundaries-edges, frontage-design, planting
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Boundaries between rear gardens
Categories: boundaries-edges, biodiversity, garden-design
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Boundary treatments
Categories: boundary-design, landscaping
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Boundary treatments
Categories: boundary-design, accessibility
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Boundary treatments
Categories: boundary-design, accessibility
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Building coverage on plots
Categories: building-line, open-space, public-realm
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Building line
Categories: building-line, local-character, design
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Cladding
Categories: local-character, design-of-buildings
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Coherent appearance
Categories: facade-design, architectural-rhythm
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Coherent rhythm and structure of streets
Categories: street-design, local-character, materials
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Communal entrances
Categories: accessibility, entrance-design
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Composition
Categories: architectural-design, street-level-interaction
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Connected Neighbourhoods
Categories: site-context, street-network, public-transport, cycling
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Connections to wider area
Categories: street-network, cycling, walking
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Connectivity
Categories: site-planning, connectivity
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Context
Categories: urban-planning, skyline-design
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Context
Categories: context-analysis, urban-design
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Context and identity
Categories: local-character, identity, design
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Context and identity
Categories: local-character, identity, design
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Courtyard and perimeter blocks
Categories: design, spacing, health-safety
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Courtyard parking
Categories: parking, courtyard-design, surveillance
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Courtyard parking
Categories: parking-design, landscaping
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Creating a skyline
Categories: tall-buildings, skyline, design
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Cycle parking
Categories: transportation, design-integration
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Cycle parking
Categories: cycle-parking
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Daylight, sunlight and overshadowing
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Daylight, sunlight and overshadowing
Categories: light-management, building-design
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Daylight, sunlight, amenity and overshadowing
Categories: building-design, light-management
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Deck access
Categories: accessibility, facade-design
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Define and enclose spaces with buildings
Categories: design, open-space, human-scale
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Defining spaces
Categories: active-frontage, design, public-realm
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Depth and articulation of facades
Categories: facade-articulation, design, local-character
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Design
Categories: balcony-design, privacy
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Design with Character and Beauty
Categories: design, local-character, public-art
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Designing Together
Categories: participation, community, design-of-buildings
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Desire lines
Categories: walking, design, public-realm
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Development block layout
Categories: landscape, block-design, layout
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Drainage and SuDS
Categories: suds, flood-risk, working-with-water
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Dual aspect
Categories: building-design, living-quality
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Dual aspect dwellings
Categories: light-aspect-privacy, ventilation, design
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Embrace New and Sustainable Ideas
Categories: innovation, sustainability, energy-efficiency
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Entrances
Categories: design-of-buildings
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Entrances and lobby spaces
Categories: entrance-design, accessibility
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External living environment
Categories: gardens-balconies, outdoor-spaces, wellbeing
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Façade design
Categories: facade-design, architectural-detail
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Floor to ceiling heights
Categories: ceiling-heights, space-standards, design
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Floor to ceiling heights
Categories: building-regulations, spatial-quality
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Form
Categories: architectural-style, building-form
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Front and side parking
Categories: parking, landscaping, site-design
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Front boundaries facing the street or other public realm
Categories: boundaries-edges, public-realm, traditional-context
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Futureproofing
Categories: master-planning, sustainability, public-realm
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Garage and carport parking
Categories: parking, garage-design, landscaping
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Gardens and small spaces
Categories: gardens-balconies, biodiversity, os-provision
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Gates
Categories: gates, design, local-character
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Gates
Categories: gates-design, contextual-design
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Green corridors
Categories: biodiversity, walking, cycling
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Ground floor articulation
Categories: street-level-design, human-scale
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Habitable room privacy
Categories: privacy, interior-design
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Historic boundary treatments
Categories: historic-assessment, boundaries-edges, preservation
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Historic boundary treatments
Categories: heritage-preservation, boundary-design
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Historic boundary treatments
Categories: heritage-preservation, boundary-design
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Hostile vehicle mitigation
Categories: security, public-realm
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Housing type, form and scale relevant to
context
Categories: local-character, housing-type, design
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Internal living environment
Categories: light-aspect-privacy, design, internal-environment
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Internal living environment
Categories: interior-design, privacy, ventilation
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Landscape coding requirements
Categories: landscape, suds, biodiversity
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Landscape coding requirements
Categories: landscape-planning, environmental-sustainability
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Landscape coding requirements
Categories: landscape-design, sustainability
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Landscape led
Categories: landscape, open-space, design
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Landscape strategy
Categories: landscape, design, biodiversity
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Landscape strategy
Categories: landscape, sustainability, biodiversity
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Landscape strategy
Categories: landscape-design, sustainability
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Landscaping
Categories: landscaping, site-design
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Leading with landscape
Categories: landscape, biodiversity, net-gain
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Management and Maintenance
Categories: management-plan, community-facilities
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Material quality
Categories: materials, contextual-integration
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Materials
Categories: materials, local-character, durability
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Materials
Categories: materials, local-context
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Materials
Categories: local-character, design-of-buildings
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Mix of Uses
Categories: mix, local-services, community-facilities
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Mixed densities
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Nationally Described Space Standards
Categories: space-standards, housing-for-all, design
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On-street car parking
Categories: car-parking, street-design
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On-street parking
Categories: parking, street-design, landscaping
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Parapets and screening
Categories: balcony-design, privacy, materials-design
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Play and recreation
Categories: play-sports-recreation, inclusive-design, public-realm
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Porch and entrance articulation
Categories: design, entrance-design, articulation
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Private entrances
Categories: entrance-design, street-interaction
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Protecting existing landscape features
Categories: biodiversity, landscape, historic-assessment
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Provision of living spaces
Categories: living-spaces, design, functionality
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Provision of living spaces
Categories: interior-design, living-quality
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Public art
Categories: public-art, local-character, cultural-context
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Public fronting elevations
Categories: street-interaction, design, public-realm
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Public spaces
Categories: public-space-design, urban-planning
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Rear garden separation distances
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Recessed doors and windows
Categories: design, articulation, materials
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Recessed windows and doors
Categories: facade-design, architectural-detail
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Reference Local building materials
Categories: materials, local-character, design
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Respond to Place
Categories: site-assessment, local-character, master-planning
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Retain and enhance existing landscape features
Categories: landscape, biodiversity, net-gain
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Roof form
Categories: roof-design, local-character
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Roof form
Categories: roof-design, contextual-integration
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Roof materials and details
Categories: materials, roof-design, local-character
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Roof materials and details
Categories: roof-design, materials
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Roof top plant and equipment
Categories: architectural-integration, aesthetics
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Roof types informed by local context
Categories: roof-types, local-character, materials
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Safe streets and attractive public realm
Categories: street-safety, public-realm, design
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Safe, Inclusive and Accessible Places
Categories: inclusive-streets, accessibility, housing-for-all
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Safety and Security
Categories: security, public-realm
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Scale and form
Categories: architectural-scale, contextual-design
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Scale, form and context
Categories: site-assessment, scale, form
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Separation distances
Categories: privacy, design, separation-distances
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Separation distances - New Places - High Rise, High Density and New Places - Low Rise, Low Density
Categories: privacy, urban-planning
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Separation distances - Suburbs, Rural and
Villages, Green Belt and River Valleys
Categories: privacy, urban-planning
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Servicing
Categories: urban-planning, accessibility
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Servicing
Categories: servicing
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Setbacks at roof level
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Setbacks at roof level
Categories: building-setbacks, materials-design
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Shape and proportion of openings
Categories: design, openings, proportionality
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Side orrear boundaries facing the street or other public realm
Categories: boundaries-edges, materials, landscaping
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Siting
Categories: siting, circulation, amenity-spaces
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Siting
Categories: urban-planning, building-placement
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Siting
Categories: site-planning, environmental-design
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Size
Categories: balcony-design, spatial-design
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Street furniture
Categories: furniture, design, public-realm
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Street network
Categories: street-network, walking, cycling
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Street trees, SUDs and landscaping
Categories: street-trees, suds, landscaping
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Substations
Categories: infrastructure-integration, aesthetic-design
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Surface parking
Categories: car-parking
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Surrounding context
Categories: urban-context, building-scale
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Surrounding context and rhythm
Categories: local-character, design, rhythm
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Sustainable Movement
Categories: walking, cycling, public-transport
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Sustainable urban drainage solutions
Categories: suds, sustainability, design
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Trees
Categories: biodiversity, street-trees, net-gain
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Undercroft
Categories: parking-design, facade-integration
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Undercroft
Categories: car-parking
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Undercroft parking
Categories: parking, undercroft-design, street-aesthetics
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Urban greening factor
Categories: sustainability, urban-greening
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Urban greening factor(UGF)
Categories: biodiversity, sustainability, landscaping
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Variation
Categories: variation, design, local-character
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Vehicle parking
Categories: car-parking, street-design, layout
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Views, vistas and landmarks
Categories: views-vistas, landmarks, design
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Views, vistas and landmarks
Categories: views-vistas, landmarks, design
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Views, vistas and landmarks
Categories: urban-design, views-management
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Views, vistas and landmarks
Categories: urban-design, views-management
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Waste storage
Categories: servicing
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Wayfinding
Categories: wayfinding, urban-navigation
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Wayfinding and legibility
Categories: legibility, accessibility, signage
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Wind microclimate
Categories: environmental-impact, design-considerations
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Window opening size to wallratio
Categories: light-aspect-privacy, design, fenestration