Design Guide Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) Consultation – opportunity to comment on draft SPD
The South Downs National Park Authority (SDNPA) is consulting on a draft Design Guide Supplementary Planning Document (SPD).
We would like to hear your views on this document. Further details of how to respond to the consultation are given below.
The aim of the Design Guide SPD is to raise design standards in the National Park and to provide best practice guidance regarding the design of new development. The Design Guide SPD applies to both residential and non-residential development and will be a material consideration in the determination of relevant planning applications once adopted.
Responding to the Consultation
The Design Guide SPD and related documents are available to view on the SDNPA website.
The consultation will run for a period of ten weeks, starting on Monday 28 June 2021.
All comments must be received by 11.59pm on Monday 6 September 2021.
If you have no means of access to the internet, please contact the SDNPA on 01730 814810 to arrange an appointment to view the consultation documents at the South Downs Centre. Please note that this service requires officer time to come into the South Downs Centre and is strictly for those who have no other means of accessing the documents.
Please respond by email to planningpolicy@southdowns.gov.uk or in writing to Planning Policy, South Downs National Park Authority, South Downs Centre, North Street, Midhurst, West Sussex, GU29 9DH.
After the end of the consultation period, any comments received will be considered in reviewing the amended draft SPD prior to adoption.
