Supplementary Planning Documents
Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs) are documents that sit under the Development Plans (such as the Local Plan Review). These provide further guidance and principles for which development is expected to follow.
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Postcode: SO14 7LS
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Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs) provide further details, guidance and principles for which development is expected to follow. These Supplementary Plans are material considerations when processing planning applications and development proposals in the city. This means that they have to be considered when making a planning decision.
Residential Design Guide
The Residential Design Guide – making better places for living
Planning Obligations SPG
The City Council has produced guidance on Planning Obligations. Sometimes when granting planning permission the Council will ask for money to spend on things such as the roads, open spaces or affordable housing. The aim of the guidance is to provide clarity and certainty over what money will be asked for, otherwise known as a 'section 106' contribution.
Public Art Strategy SPG
The Public Art Strategy outlines in detail the types of public art which may be expected to be implemented as part of a development proposal. This supplements the Local Plan Review.
Development Design Guide SPG
The Development Design Guide (DDG) was approved in February 2004. The document is adopted as Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) to policy MSA 1 of the Local Plan Review.
North South Spine Strategy SPG
The public realm and design guide for a series of roads that stretch from Cumberland Place to the waterfront is known as the 'North-South Spine'. Northern Above Bar Street, Above Bar and the High Street lie at the heart of Southampton's commercial, retail and leisure prosperity. The guide outlines the improvements planned for the road.
Old Town Development Strategy SPG
The Old Town Development Strategy is a Supplementary Plan for the Old Town area of the City Centre.
Southampton City Centre Urban Design Guide SPG
This design guide and strategy sets out the design principles for the City Centre and is a Supplementary Plan.
Street Scene Strategy
The Street Scene Strategy and Action Plan sets out the steps the Council will undertake in the next three years to improve the quality of streets, parks and open spaces within the City of Southampton.
Woolston Riverside
This Planning Brief and Illustrative Masterplan has been prepared over a six-month period through a process of close collaboration involving Southampton City Council Officers and Members, South East England Development Agency (SEEDA), English Partnerships (EP) and their consultants.
Street Scape Manual (SPG)
The Southampton City Centre Streetscape Manual provides guidance on imporving the streets and public realm, the places between buildings within the City Centre.
Last updated: 8 January 2008
