Please Note: Consultation has now ended. This SPD has been formally adopted.
Go to the ADOPTED SPD16 Design and Layout of New Development page.
Consultation Period
On 21 May 2008, the Council’s Executive Committee approved draft SPD16 on the Design and Layout of New Development following the six week period of public consultation from 2 June 2008 to 14 July 2008.
The SPD has been designed to support existing planning policies in the Bury Unitary Development Plan and to provide guidance on how to improve the design quality of new developments in order to improve the attractiveness of the Borough.
In addition, the SPD provides advice on designing developments which reduce deprivation and crime, enhance the public realm, address climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and ensure the prudent use of natural resources.
Finally the SPD provides a reference resource to be used in the development control process and in the determination of planning applications.
The Council invited representations on the draft SPD and its content along with the content of the other SPD documents.
Download Draft SPD16 – Design and Layout of New Development (967kb 45 page pdf)
Download Draft SPD16 – Sustainability Report (242kb 22 page pdf)
Download Draft SPD16 – Statement of Matters (17kb 1 page pdf)
Download Draft SPD16 – Initial Statement of Consultation (103kb 6 page pdf)
Download Draft SPD16 – Comment Form (671kb 2 page rtf)
