Articulation
Policy
Facades must incorporate depth and articulation to add interest and relief to buildings.
- Dataset
- Design code rule
- Reference
- trafford-design-code-AEP-3
Policy
Facades must incorporate depth and articulation to add interest and relief to buildings.
Policy
In existing areas, the layout of apartments must ensure that privacy and amenity standards for occupiers and residents of existing developments is safeguarded. The following separation distances must be provided between major facing windows across private gardens and between apartment blocks: Up to 2 storey – 24 metres; 3 to 4 storey – 27 metres; 5+ storey – 30 metres. Applies to: Suburbs, Rural and Villages, Green Belt and River Valleys.
Policy
In ‘New Places’, the layout of apartments must ensure that privacy and amenity standards of occupiers are safeguarded. A minimum of 18 metres must be provided between facing windows for buildings of up to and including six storeys in height. Buildings that exceed six storeys in height must provide a separation distance of 21 metres. Applies to: High Rise, High Density and New Places – Low Rise, Low Density.
Policy
Communal main entrances must be: formed in the principal elevation; clearly articulated; well detailed; accessible from the main highway by foot; well-lit; integral to the overall architecture of the building; and, finished in robust materials.
Policy
Where individual entrances to ground level dwellings are achievable they must articulate the principal elevation and animate the street.
Policy
Balconies and terraces must be integral to the architecture of the building and must not compromise the privacy of neighbours
Policy
Balconies must have a minimum depth of 1.5m and provide a minimum area of 5sqm for dwellings designed for up to two occupants with an additional1sqm for each additional occupant.
Policy
Where parapets and screening are required to maintain privacy, they must be designed to be integral to the architecture of the building and appropriately proportioned using high quality materials to reduce their visual impact.
Policy
Proposed primary materials must reference the dominant material palette from the surrounding context.
Policy
Roof materials must be high quality and reference the surrounding context. Roofs, including flat roofs, must incorporate detailed parapets, soffits, eaves, verges and ridges.