Designing Streets
Desiging Streets is a forthcoming urban planning policy document, which will be published by the Scottish Government. It will provides guidance for practitioners in Scotland involved in the planning, design, provision and approval of new streets, and modifications to existing ones.
Development
The document has been through two successive drafts, the first based on the United Kingdom Department for Transport's Manual for Streets, which was published in 2007, and is applicable in England and Wales. A second draft was revised to take into account the Scottish character, and updated to reflect the publication of the latest EDition of the UK Guide on Highway Risk and Liability Claims, with its recommendations vis-a-vis balanced decisions. A consultation draft was published by the Scottish Government on 27 January 2009. The final version is expected to be published 2009/10 and will be formal Scottish Government policy, unlike Manual for Streets which only has the status of guidance.
Content
The new policy is intended to replace the existing Planning Advice Note 76: New Residential Streets. Its objectives are broadly the same as Manual for Streets, but it is intended to work in concert with Designing Places, the Scottish Government's policy on urban design.