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National design guide. Planning practice guidance for beautiful, enduring and successful places
Publication Year
2021
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Explains the purpose of the guide and how to use it for well-designed places. Describes the components for good design and introduces 10 characteristics: context, identity, built form, movement, nature, public spaces, uses, homes and buildings, resources and lifespan.
Document History
Supersedes National design guide. Planning practice guidance for beautiful, enduring and successful places (MHCLG, 2019).
Publisher Information
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is a UK Government ministerial department with responsibility for several policy areas including building regulation, community integration, economic development in coastal and seaside areas, energy efficiency in buildings, high streets and town centres, housing, local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) and Enterprise Zones, localism, planning reform and the planning system. They were previously known as the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, MHCLG, Department for Communities and Local Government, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, and the Department for Transport and Local Government.
2 Marsham Street
London
MHCLG
UK
Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-housing-communities-and-local-government
