PAN 44: Fitting New Housing Development into the Landscape
FITTING NEW HOUSING D E V E L O P M E N T into the L A N D S C A P E
A DESIGN MANUAL
Fitting New Housing Development into the Landscape
A Design Manual
prepared for
The Scottish Office Environment Department
Planning Services Division
by
21 Carlton Court, Glasgow G5 9JP tel 041 332 6742
CONTENTS
PART A - The Current Situation
Loss of Tradition
Characteristics of Recent Development
Development Plans
Development Control
PART B -The Design Process -
The Need for Site Planning
Designing
The Worked Example
Analysis
A Site Plan and Land Ownership
B Local Plan Requirements
C Landform 1
D Landform 2
E Landscape
F Computer Imaging
G Landscape Character
H Visual Assessment
I Photographic Assessment 1
J Photographic Assessment 2
K Climate
L Vegetation
M Mineral and Subsoil Constraints
N Existing Services
O Developers' Requirements
Analysis Checklist
Design
A Landscape Capacity
B Urban Studies: Structure and Hierarchy
C Urban Studies: Scale and Density
D Urban Studies: Height and Massing
E Landscape Studies: The Landscape of Man
F Landscape Studies: New Planting
G Landscape Studies: Climate
H Layout Studies: Access and Parking (1)
I Layout Studies: Access and Parking (2)
J Layout Studies: Aspect and Energy
K Layout Studies: Plot Size
L Masterplan: Design Options
M Masterplan: Design Vocabulary
N Masterplan: Presentation and Communication
O Town Edge Treatment
P Landscape Masterplan
Q Layout Masterplan
Design Checklist
PART C - The Need for Change
Photograph and Diagram acknowledgements
Scottish Office Environment Department
p5 Linlithgow; p7 vertical aerial photographs (RCAHMS);
p9 new housing; p11 housing (D Barnett)
Diagrams developed from work originally published by the former GLC -
p37 Design B, Design C; p39 Design D;
p41 Design F, illustration top left;
p43 Design H, Design I
Diagrams developed from 'Energy Saving through Landscape Planning Vol 1'; Public Services Agency
p41 Design G and illustration top left;
p45 Design J, illustration top left, top right and bottom
right; p 49 Design O
Diagrams developed from 'Climate and Site Development'; BRE Digest 350
p45 Design J - illustration bottom left
British Gas / Peter Davenport
Cover photograph, Dunkeld
John Donald Publishers Ltd
p4 plan of Inveraray; p7 plan of Haddington
Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust
p5 plan of Hampstead by Parker and Unwin, 1909
Robert Potter & Partners
p55 photograph and drawing
Aerofilms Ltd
p7 aerial oblique of Haddington
Abacus Simulations Ltd
p23 computer models
Gillespies
All other photographs and diagrams
Advanced Outlook, East Kilbride
Colour separations
Thomson Print Services, Glasgow
Production Co-ordination