Information about how to plan, design and develop a new garden community.

  • Making a case for a garden community

    To deliver a successful garden community you’ll need long-term support, local leadership, partnership and financial backing.

  • Site feasibility

    How to test if there are suitable, available and deliverable locations and sites for a garden community.

  • Developing a vision

    How to successfully guide the development by creating a clear vision for your garden community.

  • Engagement

    Engaging the local community and stakeholders can create a garden community plan with roots in the local context.

  • Planning policy

    Local Plan policies provide an important framework to guide development proposals and aid decision-making for garden communities.

  • Planning permission

    Information about how to develop a planning permission strategy for your garden community.

  • Masterplanning and design

    Masterplanning is integral to creating well-planned and designed garden communities.

  • Innovative and integrated communities

    How smart communities connect people to technology.

  • Infrastructure

    Delivering infrastructure can unlock development of a garden community and provide some of the building blocks for a successful new community.

  • Legacy

    Information about creating long-term maintenance and management arrangements for your garden community.

  • Assessing the viability of your garden community

    Find out about government guidance on viability and how to manage it in your planning process.

  • Land value capture and funding delivery

    The process of capturing some of the increase in land value which comes from policy decisions, the granting of planning permission by local authorities, or as a consequence of new or improved, publicly funded infrastructure projects.

  • Delivery mechanisms

    At an early stage in your project, you should explore the mechanisms and options available for delivery of your garden community.

  • Governance

    Governance creates good collaborative working and effective decision-making among public and private sector partners and stakeholders.

  • Project management

    Strong project management is needed to deliver a complex garden community on time and to ensure it delivers on expectations.