TAN 12 Design 2002

This TAN focuses on the appearance of proposed development and its relationship to its surroundings. It takes design to mean the relationships between all elements of the built and natural environment, including those between buildings and between buildings and spaces.

Also covered are the nature of the public domain, the relationships between different developed areas and of buildings with the countryside, and the resulting patterns of movement. The need to address these matters in development plans and in development control is discussed, as is the particular issue of design and disability.

Consideration is given to solving access problems for disabled people in new and existing buildings, in links between buildings, in pedestrian zones and in historic buildings.

View Technical Advice Note 12: Design – 2002' here (PDF 1.04 Mb).