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Increasingly developers are being required by Local
Planning Authorities to provide a more structured and detailed design focus for
development schemes with a view to securing higher quality, better-informed and
more sustainable designs. Often these will sit within a larger Masterplan
or Area Framework and will have Design Codes
tailored to the characteristics of the city, town, village, area or site.
Increasingly
Development and Design Briefs have a strong analytical and
graphical content to help articulate ideas and proposals. In addition,
there is a stronger emphasis on the quality of the public realm and the
urban/green open spaces created within developments. This requires the
skills of urban designers, architects and landscape architects.
The benefit for the Developer in
undertaking development/design briefs for a site include:
- the potential to get higher
densities on the site creating a more attractive, better functioning and
therefore more marketable development
- greater returns in the long term
Detailed design statements are also increasingly
being required in conjunction with planning applications. They are a tool to
help conceive, illustrate and 'sell' a
development proposal.
Our team has experience of preparing this type of
detailed design guidance and supporting information and can assist both Local
Authorities and developers in the preparation and assessment of Development
Briefs, Design Statements and Urban Design Compendiums. | 
