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• Habitable room privacy

  Policy

  Habitable rooms within each apartment must achieve an adequate level of privacy.

  • Dataset: Design code rule
  • Reference: trafford-design-code-APL-12

• Accessibility standards

  Policy

  All new homes must be designed to meet Building Regulations M4(2) Category 2: ‘Accessible and adaptable dwellings’.

  • Dataset: Design code rule
  • Reference: trafford-design-code-AA-1

• Accessible external areas

  Policy

  All apartment blocks must provide accessible external areas, footways and paths that are clear, direct and clutter free.

  • Dataset: Design code rule
  • Reference: trafford-design-code-AA-2

• Accessible parking

  Policy

  Accessible parking bays must be provided as the closest bays to the main entrance. The distance from any accessible parking spaces and the relevant block entrance must be kept to a minimum and be level or gently sloping.

  • Dataset: Design code rule
  • Reference: trafford-design-code-AA-3

• Accessible lifts

  Policy

  All units at first floorlevel and above must be served by a minimum of one wheelchair accessible lift.

  • Dataset: Design code rule
  • Reference: trafford-design-code-AA-4

• Surrounding context

  Policy

  The scale of apartment blocks must reflect the surrounding context and achieve appropriate height and width proportions.

  • Dataset: Design code rule
  • Reference: trafford-design-code-AEP-1

• Coherent appearance

  Policy

  There should be a rhythm to the composition of windows, balconies, entrances and other details within the elevation. Elevations must be coherent so they are aesthetically pleasing and can be easily understood when viewed.

  • Dataset: Design code rule
  • Reference: trafford-design-code-AEP-2

• 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

• Separation distances - Suburbs, Rural and Villages, Green Belt and River Valleys

  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.

  • Dataset: Design code rule
  • Reference: trafford-design-code-AEP-4

• Separation distances - New Places - High Rise, High Density and New Places - Low Rise, Low Density

  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.

  • Dataset: Design code rule
  • Reference: trafford-design-code-AEP-5

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