Form and Profile

Plan and Layout

Accessibility

Elevation and Proportion

Balconies and Terraces

Materials and Detail

Boundary Treatments

Parking

Apartments

Boundary Treatments

Introduction

Well-designed places clearly define the boundaries between private, shared and public spaces, making it more likely that occupants will use, value and take ownership of them.


Existing traditional boundary treatments must always be retained. All new development should incorporate boundary treatment appropriate to its context. In most cases this will be brick or stone walls with hedge and tree planting behind, the aim being to create beautiful streets, improve security, distinguish between the public and private realm and increase biodiversity. Boundary treatments should be used to screen the view of cars from the street scene.

Features of apartment boundaries

  • In keeping with context
  • Either brick or stone construction with soft landscaping
  • Rear landscape boundaries such as hedgerow

ABSP 1

Boundary treatments

Examples

ABSP 2

Gates

ABSP 3

Historic boundary treatments

Permeable paving options