Green Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide
The Green Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide complements the National Model Design Code and National Design Guide and can be used to help planners and designers develop local design guides and codes with multifunctional green infrastructure at the heart. It will also be useful to landscape architects, urban designers, parks and greenspace managers and neighbourhood planning bodies.
The guide shows:
- How to apply the Green Infrastructure Framework, including a summary of the green infrastructure principles and standards.
- How to design green infrastructure features as ‘building blocks’ of a larger connected network.
- How to combine green infrastructure features in different ‘area types’ to create multifunctional and connected networks at different scales and in different area types. Includes guidance for applying the Green Infrastructure Framework’s standards to urban areas, streets, urban fringe, rural areas, parks and greenspaces, commercial, business and industrial sites, schools and colleges, healthcare facilities, and linear infrastructure such as roads, railways and waterways.
- How to develop landscape-led green infrastructure with a focus on landscape character and local distinctiveness.
- Signposts relevant case studies that illustrate the green infrastructure principles and sources of further information.
