A selection of materials related to the March 2007 discussion of approaches to residential design in wales, "Paved with good intentions" (pdf 1.55mb) by Matthew Griffiths

WAG, Technical Advice Note 12: design html

Biddulph, M et al (2004) Evaluating the impact of design awards for housing html link to pdf

CABE (2006), Housing audit: assessing the design quality of new housing in the East Midlands, West Midlands and the South West html

CABE (2005) Delivering great places to live html

CABE (2005) What homebuyers want pdf (921kb)

Planning Officers Society of Wales (2005), Model design guide for Wales: residential development pdf (4.12mb)

Powys Residential Design Guide (2004) html

Gwynedd Design Guide (2004) html

Draft guidance on sustainable design in the Welsh National Parks (May 2007) html

Many English local authorities have produced their own guides. There is a list on the RUDI (Resource for Urban Design Information) web site here. You have to be a member of RUDI to follow the links but you can use this list as a basis for a Google search.

Here is a selection of interesting examples:

Leeds Residential Design Guide html

Peterborough Residential Design Guide html

West Wiltshire Residential Design Guide html

Prince's Foundation Affordable rural housing design guide

We will be looking at energy issues and residential design in our October 2007 edition. In the mean time here are some interesting references:

Sustainable Housing Design Guide for Scotland html

Ecological homes: sustainable housing (Australia) link

Bioregional: toolkit for carbon neutral developments link