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Kent Design Guide

The Kent Design Initiative aims to create a showcase of great buildings, memorable and attractive new places that reinforce Kent's distinctive character.

The Kent Design Initiative is a partnership consisting of:

  • Kent's local authorities
  • professional organisations
  • academic bodies
  • developers
  • builders
  • communities
  • interest groups.

These groups have joined forces to campaign for good design in Kent.

To help achieve this we have produced a the Kent Design Guide.

The guide is offered to all Kent's local authorities for formal adoption. The document is expected to be used as a Supplementary Planning Document attached to either the Local Development Framework or the Local Plan.

Contact your district council to find out what status the guide has at the local level.

If you would like to comment about the guide or provide feedback to help us improve future documentation call 03000 41 81 81.

Making it Happen includes supplementary information for the Kent Design Guide.

The guide

Section 1

Section 2 - Creating the Design

Section 3

Section 4

Making it Happen

Making it Happen must be read in conjunction with the advice in the Kent Design Guide and comprises the following documents:

  • technical appendices that bring together and replace previous advice about the design of housing and industrial estates, covering new initiatives such as Home Zones, Sustainable Urban Drainage systems, and expanding on the role of public transport and conservation in new development
  • customer service standards, which set out our objectives and commitments to our customers
  • checklists that we use in the submission and approval process
  • a glossary and bibliography for further assistance.

Appendices

If you would like to request hard copies or have difficulty accessing any of these documents, call 03000 41 81 81.

The following documents were initially published in February 2007

A: Introduction

B: General information

C: Sustainability

G: Highways

J: Technical assessment and adoption

Reference documents

To support the information provided in Making it Happen we have produced the reference documents below that provide greater detail on specialist subjects.

Hard copies of these documents are available from us at a cost of £25 each or £100 for a full set.

If you would like to request hard copies or have difficulty accessing any of these documents, call 03000 41 81 81.

General documents

The following traffic calming 'scheme assessment process' and 'using traffic calming to manage speeds in Kent' documents have superseded the 'traffic calming code of practice' referred to in Making it Happen.

Section 278 model agreements

Section 38 model agreements