National Model Design Code
On 30 January 2021 the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government launched a consultation on draft revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and a new draft National Model Design Code.
The proposed amendments to the NPPF implement policy changes in response to the Building Better Building Beautiful Commission “Living with Beauty” report. The Government suggests a wider review of the NPPF is likely to be required ‘in due course’.
The draft National Model Design Code provides detailed guidance on the production of local design codes, guides and policies to promote successful design. It expands on the ten characteristics of good design set out in the National Design Guide, and reflects the government’s priorities, creating a common overarching framework for design.
It suggests: “A design code is a set of simple, concise, illustrated design requirements that are visual and numerical wherever possible to provide specifc, detailed parameters for the physical development of a site or area. This guide is a toolkit to guide local planning authorities on the design parameters and issues that need to be considered and tailored to their own context when producing design codes and guides, as well as methods to capture and reflect the views of the local community from the outset, and at each stage in the process”.
[edit] Update
The pilot programme was announced on 21 May 2021. For more information, see Pilot programme for National Model Design Code NMDC.
The final version of the Code was published on 20 July 2021. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-model-design-code
It: '....sets out clear design parameters to help local authorities and communities decide what good quality design looks like in their area. The National Model Design Code forms part of the government’s planning practice guidance and expands on the ten characteristics of good design set out in the National design guide, which reflects the government’s priorities and provides a common overarching framework for design.'
[edit] Related articles on Designing Buildings
- Building Beautiful Places plan.
- Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission interim report.
- Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission.
- Design codes: intentions and reality.
- Future Homes Standard.
- Government Construction Strategy.
- National design guide.
- National planning policy framework NPPF.
- Office for place.
- Pilot programme for National Model Design Code NMDC.
Featured articles and news
For the World Autism Awareness Month of April.
70+ experts appointed to public sector fire safety framework
The Fire Safety (FS2) Framework from LHC Procurement.
Project and programme management codes of practice
CIOB publications for built environment professionals.
Sustainable development concepts decade by decade.
The regenerative structural engineer
A call for design that will repair the natural world.
Buildings that mimic the restorative aspects found in nature.
CIAT publishes Principal Designer Competency Framework
For those considering applying for registration as a PD.
BSRIA Building Reg's guidance: The second staircase
An overview focusing on aspects which most affect the building services industry.
Design codes and pattern books
Harmonious proportions and golden sections.
Introducing or next Guest Editor Arun Baybars
Practising architect and design panel review member.
Quick summary by size, shape, test, material, use or bonding.
Types of rapidly renewable content
From forestry to agricultural crops and their by-products.
Terraced houses and the public realm
The discernible difference between the public realm of detached housing and of terraced housing.