This is the design guide produced by AECOM, an independent organisation, who specialise in providing unbiased reports, and whose team visited our beautiful parish, looked at its housing types in all their many variations, looked at the views and green spaces, and eventually produced the Guidance below. This has an important status in the NDP as it should guide all housing types and plans and features such as insulation, carbon reduction, and other aspects that follow the Government and Herefordshire Council’s planning policies.
The guide is full of wonderful photographs of the area in which we live, work and enjoy. Please take time to look at it and do give us your comments.
“Design guidance informs development proposals to provide guidance and clarity on design and reflect local character and preferences. Design guidance exists to provide a framework for creating high quality places with high quality design standards, particularly for new developments. This document is tailored to the Dormington and Mordiford Neighbourhood Area and as such, is specific to the character of the place, views, and aspirations of the local community.
Design parameters aid the local authority in making planning decisions. This document sets out design requirements in a simple and concise way and should be referred to in the development application process. The Government is placing significant importance on the development of design guidance in order to set standards for design upfront and provide firm instruction on how sites should be developed. It is intended that this report is used as an evidence base document to underpin and provide more detail to design policies in the Neighbourhood Plan. The Government intends to make it clear that decisions on design should be made in line with design advice.”
Click on the link to view the Dormington and Mordiford Design Guide (8MB)
