Policy HBE2: Horsford Design Code
Policy HBE2: Horsford Design Code
Development should create beautiful, well-designed places and buildings which respect the character of the local area. To achieve this, as appropriate to their scale, nature and location, proposals must respond positively to the essential design guidelines and codes set out in the Horsford Design Guidance and Codes attached as Appendix A.
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- Design Codes identify area-specific characteristics and set out design expectations for future development. A Horsford Design Guidance and Code was prepared in September 2023 (‘The Code’) and informed by this project’s consultations. The Code is an integral part of the policy but is extensive and is therefore published separately as Appendix A to the Neighbourhood Plan. To be clear therefore, as the Code has been prepared and consulted on as part of the Plan, all of its content carries the full weight of the development plan in decision making and is not subordinate or supplementary guidance carrying lesser weight.
- Applicants will therefore be expected to have acknowledged, understood and responded positively to the Code as relevant to the location, scale and nature of their proposals. Where a proposal does not seek to follow the requirements of the Code then the applicant will be obliged to justify why an exception should be made.
- The provisions of policies relating to the creation of beautiful, well-designed places and buildings of the GNLP and Broadland Development Management DPD will continue to apply. This policy simply refines their provisions by providing locally specific design guidance and codes.
- It has been noted that infill development has resulted in development that is out of character with surrounding buildings and overcrowding of the space available with the loss of privacy for neighbouring buildings and a proliferation of entrances onto the busy Holt Road. In addition to other provisions the Design Guidance and Codes also deals with this matter. (Appendix A Design Code 2.7 Infill development P37-39).