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A. Planning Better Streets

A. Planning Better Streets

Sets the principles for street design at the earliest stages, informing masterplanning, site selection and pre‑application discussions. This section establishes the vision, objectives and policy context to ensure streets support place‑making, movement, safety and long‑term sustainability from the outset.

B. Designing Better Streets

B. Designing Better Streets

Provides detailed design guidance to support full, detailed and Reserved Matters applications. This section translates the overarching principles into layout, alignment, dimensions and place‑based design requirements to create safe, inclusive and well-functioning streets.
C. Delivering Better Streets

C. Delivering Better Streets

Defines the technical specifications, standards and processes required to deliver adoptable, durable and high‑quality streets. This section covers construction, materials, approvals and maintenance to ensure designs are implemented as intended and perform effectively over time.

B. Designing Better Streets

Provides detailed design guidance to support full, detailed and Reserved Matters applications. This section translates the overarching principles into layout, alignment, dimensions and place‑based design requirements to create safe, inclusive and well-functioning streets.
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Better Streets Typologies

1 - Introduction
2 - Type 1 - Principal
3 - Type 2 - Residential
4 - Type 3.A - Shared Space
5 - Type 3.B - Rural, or Edge, Lane
6 - Type 3.C - Town Mews
7 - Type 3.D - Cycling Street
8 - Junctions & spaces

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Blue & Green Infrastructure

1 - SuDS principles and strategy
2 - Catching rainfall
3 - Storing rainfall
4 - Street trees
5 - Landscape and planting

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Detailed Street Design

1 - Pavements, walking and wheeling
2 - Cycling
3 - Carriageways
4 - Traffic calming
5 - Turning heads
6 - Pedestrian and cycle crossings
7 - Street materials
8 - Mobility hubs
9 - Bus stops and shelters
10 - Refuse storage and collection
11 - Utilities and services
12 - Street furniture and boundary treatments
13 - Street lighting

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Parking

1 - Cycle storage and parking
2 - Vehicle parking principles
3 - On-street residential vehicle parking
4 - Off-street communal parking
5 - On-plot parking
6 - Case studies
7 - Commercial & non-residential parking

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Policy and guidance

1 - Designing Layouts
2 - Managing construction and surface water