This Development Control Policy Guidance Note gives advice to all those involved in the planning process, including developers, architects and builders on measures which can be incorporated into the design of new developments to reduce the fear of crime and lessen future opportunities for crime in Bury. It expands upon the Council’s planning policy on the use of such measures which is set out in Policy EN1/5 of the Bury Unitary Development Plan, and supplements the Government’s own planning guidance on this subject, particularly that contained in Circular 5/94 “Planning Out Crime”, (February 1994). Further details on the policy background to this Guidance Note can be found in Appendix 2
Section 17 of the ‘Crime and Disorder Act 1998’ requires that all local authorities consider crime and disorder reduction while exercising all their duties. Bury Metropolitan Borough Council considers the implementation of this guidance as paramount in response to Bury’s Crime and Disorder Strategy. It is hoped that the principles of this Guidance Note will compliment the key priorities selected by Bury’s Community Safety Partnership as part of the Strategy.
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