BDP (Building Design Partnership Ltd)’s Post

🎉 Exciting news! Last week, the Lichfield District Council Design Code SPD was formally adopted as part of the Development Plan! This milestone represents a huge achievement: it’s the first district-wide Design Code that BDP (Building Design Partnership Ltd) has seen through to adoption - and one of the very first to progress outside of the Government's national pilot programme! In collaboration with David Rudlin, we’ve worked hard to develop a robust, practical document that balances the needs of Planning Officers with established urban design principles. The Design Code is designed to aid decision-making and bring greater certainty to development outcomes across the Lichfield District. This is timely as Labour recently issued their revised version of the NPPF. The updated Framework aims to accelerate planning decisions and increase housing supply, with Design Codes remaining a key focus. While Labour has shifted emphasis towards more localised Design Codes, the Lichfield Design Code showcases how coding can still be successfully applied at a larger, district-wide scale. I’m looking forward to seeing how the Lichfield Design Code shapes the District in the coming years and serves as an example for larger-scale design coding elsewhere. If you’d like to take a look at the Design Code, it’s now available on Lichfield’s website: https://lnkd.in/et5vdj9p. #BDPPlanning #BDP #Lichfield #UrbanDesign #DesignCodes #NPPF #Housing #PlanningReform