Somebody once said that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder”. While not everyone has the same perception of what makes a work of art, a poem or a place “beautiful”, when it comes to building homes and communities, the notion that local communities should have an overarching template to guide housing design makes sense. 

A locally created design code has the potential to make the planning process more inclusive and can help to ensure that we deliver the homes and places that people want.