Design supplementary planning document

Charnwood Borough Council adopted the Charnwood Design Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) on January 16, 2020.

The Design SPD provides guidance on design to support the Charnwood Local Plan Core Strategy 2011 - 2028 policies:

• Core Strategy Policy CS2 ‘High Quality Design’
• Core Strategy Policy CS15 ‘Open Space, Sport and Recreation’
• Core Strategy Policy CS16 ‘Sustainable Construction and Energy’
• And the Borough of Charnwood Local Plan (2004) saved Policy EV1 Design

The Design SPD supersedes Leading in Design SPD, and provides design guidance including house extensions, shopfronts and signage.

The Adopted Design SPD and supporting documents, the Adopted Statement and Consultation Statement are available below:

• Design Supplementary Planning Document (PDF Document, 11.98 Mb)
• Adopted statement (PDF Document, 0.1 Mb)
• Consultation statement (PDF Document, 0.28 Mb)