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The UK government's design principles and examples of how they've been used.
How developers can create and enhance habitat on-site to deliver biodiversity net gain (BNG).
Provides advice on the key points to take into account on design.
Introduction to content design.
Find registered designs in the UK
A selection of design codes, chosen by the advisory board to the Office for Place, that demonstrate good practice.
Guidance relating to the protection, managing and enforcing of a registered design. Registered designs protect the appearance, shape or decoration of a product.
The Environment Agency’s Generic Design Assessment (GDA) of new nuclear power station designs and how we engage with others during the process.
View designs registered in the designs journal from the last 25 years
Understand how preventative design measures can reduce the risk of harms happening on your online platform.
Intellectual property research publications commissioned by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) covering designs.
CMA provisionally finds Adobe’s deal to buy Figma would likely harm innovation for software used by the vast majority of UK digital designers.
Find the best guidance and tools to meet the accessibility regulations.
Guidance on creating design codes that promote the creation of successful places as set out in the National Model Design Code.
Find out how new woodland can enhance landscape character as well as a wide range of benefits to the woodland owner and society.
Design your service using GOV.UK styles, components and patterns.
Use Digital Marketplace (previously CloudStore) to find digital specialists, cloud-based services and technology to build digital services for the public sector, eg cloud technology, IT health checks, technical architects, web designers
This section will help you complete your permit application for a landfill for inert waste, or to deposit waste on land as a recovery activity. It will help you decide what information you must include in your application.
Guidance documents and tools to help with the design and construction of school and further education college buildings and grounds.
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