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Design codes need to be based on a vision for how a place will develop in the future, as set out in the local plan. This vision needs to be developed with the local community and is likely to be...
The process of preparing a local design code is based on seven steps
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The analysis will feed into a plan that shows the areas of the authority to which the code will apply along with the distribution of the area types.
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