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Guidance on tall buildings July  This document sets out how CABE and English Heritage Guidance on tall buildings July  This document sets out how CABE and English Heritage

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It also offers advice on good practice in relation to tall buildings in the planning process Both organisations recommend that local planning authorities use it to inform policy making and if necessary to evaluate planning applications for tall buil ID: 21400

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Guidance on tallbuildings July 2007 This document sets out how CABE andEnglish Heritage evaluate proposals fortall buildings. It also offers advice onBoth organisations recommend thattall buildings where the appropriateguidance which is capable of being a tallbuildE 18/7/07 18:11 Page 1 mpact of buildings of various heights and forms can bemodelled to assess their effect on context including onother local authority areas, and on each other. Thisplace-making process.2.10ocal planning authorities will have to address issuesrelating to tall buildings as part of the strategicSEASEA 3Planning applications 3.120042004control any matter reserved by planning condition orreserved matters approval. On the rare occasionswhere outline applications for tall building proposalsmay be acceptabledesign and access statement should also explain theprocess and principles that will be followed at reserved Design and access statements: how towrite, read and use them CABE 2006CABE 2006 Circular01/06: guidance on changes to the development (DCLG 2006) provide guidance onThe greater the impact, scale and complexity of adesignand access statement needs to be. Because of By inform such a study, and will be of relevance in theor where others are likely to follow, the potentialquality, clarity and detail, it is not possible to assess thelocal planning authorities should be aware that currentEIAEIA, Environmental impact ODPM, 2000ODPM, 2000proposals on sites of less than 0.5 hectares to berequired.An environmental statement for an outline application tallbuildE 18/7/07 18:11 Page 4 4Criteria for evaluation necessary for the applicantÕs urban design study, relationship to context topography, scale, height, urban grain, streetscape andeffect on the skyline. Tall buildings should have a effect on the historic context including theneed to ensure that the proposal will preserve and/orsetting of, and views to and from historic buildings,sites and landscapes over a wide area including:battlefieldsarchaeological remains4.1.3 effect on world heritage sites Thegovernment has an international obligation to protect theconsiderations in the planning process. Regional andlocal planning documents for areas with world heritageites. relationship to transport infrastructure where appropriate. Transport is important in relation todensity, that they represent. architectural quality of the building includingits scale, form, massing, proportion and silhouette, facingimportance when considering the effect on the skyline.significant effect on the streetscape and near views. 4.1.6 sustainable design and construction means sustainable design. Tall buildings should set credibility of the design both technicallyand financiallyTit is important to be sure that the high standard ofarchitectural quality required is not diluted throughout4.1.8 contribution to public space and facilities both internal and external,that the development willcontribute to safety, diversity, vitality, social engagementand Ôsense of placeÕ. effect on the local environment includingmicroclimate, overshadowing, night-time appearance, tallbuildE 18/7/07 18:11 Page 5 4.1.10 contribution made to the permeability accessibility, and, where appropriate, the opening up, The provision of a well-designed environment, both internal and external, that contributesto the qualityfunction, fitness for purpose and amenity.To be acceptable, any new tall building should be in anproposal unacceptable to CABEand English Heritage. Protection of design quality 5.1all buildings should not be supported by local planningauthorities unless it can be demonstrated through thesubmission of fully justified and worked-up proposalsHeritage consider that outline planning applications fortall building proposals are appropriate only inelement within a robust and credible masterplan for anarea to be developed over a long period of time. Innestablished within the accompanying design andaccess statement will result in excellent urban designand architecture. It is essential that the planningcommitment to high quality can be realised through5.2Where full planning permission for a tall building is tobe granted, the detailed design, materials and finishes, Consultation with CABE and EnglishHeritage its quality. Their different roles and remits are Design review-ed: tall buildings, web-basedpublication, that will draw lessons from tall building tallbuildE 18/7/07 18:11 Page 6 6.3English HeritageÕs statutory responsibilities include theplanning process. As the governmentÕs advisor on thehistoric environment, its remit will be to assess whether Consultation with CABE 6.4letter from the Department for Communities andLocal Government to planning authorities (December DCLG Circular 01/06 Ôproposals which are significant because of their sizeÕ.www.cabe.org.uk Design review at the earliest possible opportunity, and will always Consultation with English Heritage www.english-heritage.org.uk Planning and development in the historic environment: Heritage 2005, to be updated in 2007). Further reading Planning policy statement 1: delivering sustainableevelopment on www.communities.gov.uk By design: urban design in the planning system:towards better practice (Department for Environment, Transport and theRegions/CABE, Thomas Telford, 2000) Circular 01/2006: guidance on changes to thedevelopment control system (DCLG, 2006) Environmental impact assessment - a guide to theprocedures (ODPM, 2000, to be updated by CLG in Design and access statements: how to write, readand use them CABE, 2007CABE, 2007 Protecting design quality in planning CABE, 2003CABE, 2003 Design review-ed: tall buildings (CABE, due forpublication on the CABE Building in context and Building in context toolkit CABE/English Heritage, 2002 and 2006CABE/English Heritage, 2002 and 2006 Conservation bulletin issue 47: characterisation English Heritage 2005English Heritage 2005 Using historic landscape characterisation (HLC):English HeritageÕs review of HLapplications2002/3 (English Heritage and Lancashire CountyCouncil 2004) Using urban characterisation English Heritage, due for publication 2007English Heritage, due for publication 2007 Planning and development in the historicenvironment: a charter for English Heritage advisoryservices. English Heritage, 2005, to be updated 2007English Heritage, 2005, to be updated 2007 Conservation principles HELMHELM.helm.org.uk provides tallbuildE 18/7/07 18:11 Page 7 ommission for Architectureon architecture, urban designand public spaceenquiries@cabe.org.uknglish HeritageThe government's statutory advisor on the www.english-heritage.org.uk CABE and English Heritage havereviewed and updated their joint Guidance on tall buildings to reflectchanges to the planning system and their experience of evaluatingbuildings. This revised document wasof organisations and interests Guidance on tallbuildings first published in 2003. tallbuildE 18/7/07 18:11 Page 8