Rushcliffe Authority-Wide Design Code

Consultation on a Design Vision for Rushcliffe

The Council is consulting on the Design Vision and Draft Coding Plan of the Rushcliffe Design Code. The Borough has been divided up into a number of Area Types (zones) and a design objective has been drafted for each. This is the second stage in the preparation of the Rushcliffe Design Code and this is your opportunity to have your say. It follows on from the scoping consultation which took place earlier this year, the results of which can be viewed in the Draft Rushcliffe Baseline Appraisal.

The standalone community engagement platform is hosting the online consultation. If you would prefer to respond via email or post, please download and complete a copy of the word document, and email the completed document to localdevelopment@rushcliffe.gov.uk or post it to:

Planning Policy 

Rushcliffe Borough Council 

Rushcliffe Arena 

Rugby Road 

West Bridgford 

Nottingham 

NG2 7YG

The consultation will run until 23:59 on Sunday 30 June 2024.

 

Background

It has recently become a requirement for Local Planning Authorities to prepare design codes in which they set out design requirements for developments in their area. Work has started on the preparation of a Design Code for Rushcliffe which will replace the Rushcliffe Residential Design Guide SPD (2009). It is envisaged that the Design Code will be adopted as a Supplementary Plan and will have the same weight as the Local Plan in planning decisions.

 

National Model Design Code

The National Model Design Code was published in 2021 and makes up part of the Planning Practice Guidance. It sets out the process which the Council will be following in the development of its Design Code.

• Stage 1: Analysis
  • 1A Scoping; 1B Baseline Analysis
• Stage 2: Vision
  • 2A Design Vision; 2B Coding Plan
• Stage 3: Code
  • 3A Guidance for Area Types; 3B General Guidance

 

Stage 1A. Scoping

Work has now completed on the Scoping Stage of the Rushcliffe Design Code process. A standalone online community engagement platform was launched to gather a range of views on what the Design Code should focus on. This initial period of community engagement ran from Monday 29 January until Thursday 7 March 2024.

 

Stage 1B. Baseline Analysis 

An analysis of the Borough has been carried out and a series of topic-based maps and character appraisals has been published in the Draft Rushcliffe Baseline Appraisal. The analysis and the results of the scoping exercise (Stage 1A) has been used to inform the Vision of the Design Code and how the Borough will be divided up into Area Types (or zones). This comprises Stage 2 of the Design Code development and is the subject of consultation until 30 June 2024.

 

Please come back to this page or sign up using the engagement platform for updates as the work on the Design Code progresses over the next  8 months. There will be opportunities to give your views at each stage of the Design Code process.

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