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The Central Bedfordshire
Design Guide
A new guide for development
Connie Frost Bryant
Sian Farrier
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We’re good at design in Central Bedfordshire
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But we haven’t got it all right every time…
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The new Central Bedfordshire Design
Guide
Supports the policies of the
Development Strategy
Fit for purpose for all types of
development
Covers new areas like Lifetime Homes
and Adaptation to Climate Change
New guide will provide certainty and
clarity to all involved in new
development
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Process
• Site visits with CBC
Members, Officers and
representatives of the
development industry
• Internal consultation
• Two themed workshops and
a focus group
• Further internal consultation
• Public consultation in
Autumn 2013
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Content and structure
1. Placemaking Principles
2. Green Infrastructure & Environmental Design
3. Historic Environment
4. Public Realm
5. Residential Development
6. Accommodating Specific Housing Needs
7. Alterations and Extensions
8. Larger Footprint Buildings
9. Town Centres and Retail Development
10. Movement and Streets
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Overview of new design requirements
1. Minimum room and garden standards
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Current room size situation in Central Bedfordshire:
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Minimum home sizes:
• Introduces new
standards
• The Design Guide
proposes a move
towards best practice
• Housing Standards
Review
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Cooking, eating and living space: Internal floor areas:
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Storage space: Bedroom areas:
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Minimum garden sizes:
• Minimum depths and
areas for houses and flats
• A sliding scale depending
on the size of the home
Garden to 4 storey, 4+bed
house, Upton
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2. Bin storage
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Solutions:
• Integrated into the
design of the building
• Emphasis on communal
storage
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4. Parking
Former national planning
policies allowed as little
as 2.5 spaces for a 4
bedroom home and also
had maximum standards
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CBC Parking Strategy
(2012) reacted by
increasing provision to 1
space per bedroom
Residential
Use
Number of
Bedrooms
Number of Spaces
Required
4+ 4 per unit + 1 per 4
3 3 per unit + 1 per 4
2 2 per unit + 1 per 4
1 1 per unit + 1 per 4
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A new, more flexible
approach to parking:
• Combination of
on/off plot and on
street most suitable
option
• Emphasis on on-
street solutions
• Integrated into initial
design concept
• Convenient
• Should not dominate
the street
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New parking standards
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The guide is the starting
point for good design in
Central Bedfordshire