1What is design and how does it relate to planning?
In the context of planning, design is the process of devising the physical form of development.
The planning system in the UK is concerned with land use – deciding which uses should go in which location, and the relationships between these uses. Government attitudes to how planning should control or influence land use have varied over the years. Planning is also concerned with the physical form of development, which plays an important part in determining if a place is successful, and whether national priorities are achieved. It is this physical side of planning that forms the subject for this book.
The planning system seeks to influence a development’s layout, height, massing and appearance, ...
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