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Making it Happen

Making it Happen 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.

Information provided in Making it Happen must be read in conjunction with the advice in the Kent Design Guide.

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

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

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traffic calming 'scheme assessment process' and 'using traffic calming to manage speeds in Kent' documents have superseded the 'traffic calming code of practice' referred to in Making it Happen.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