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1. What do you think is important to include in a design policy? (limit to 250 words)

A requirement for development to be designed to encourage physical activity and support other health and wellbeing objectives. The role of design in creating environments that encourage physical activity has often been overlooked in design policies. Sport England, with support from Active Travel England and the OHID, has produced ‘Active Design’ https://www.sportengland.org/guidance-and-support/facilities-and-planning/design-and-cost-guidance/active-design/, a guide to planning new developments that create the right environment to help people get more active. The guidance sets out ten key principles for ensuring new developments are designed to incorporate opportunities for people to take part in physical activity. The Active Design principles are aimed at contributing towards the Government’s desire for the planning system to promote healthy communities through good design (para 96 of NPPF). This approach has also been embedded into the guidance contained in current Essex Design Guide. Active Design offers potential to play an important role in contributing towards the delivery of the emerging Local Plan's vision and strategic priorities relating to design, health, active travel, open space/green infrastructure and climate change.

2. What do you think should not be included in a design policy? (limit to 250 words)

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3. What design codes do you want to see in Colchester for 2041? (limit to 250 words)

Sport England has new guidance on how to prepare design codes that consider Active Design including a checklist that can be applied to developments which can be shared upon request.

4. At what scale should there be a design code(s) created for Colchester? (tick all that apply)

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Please state at what other scale:

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5. Which version of the Essex Design Guide do you use, if any, when creating a scheme in Colchester? (select all that apply)

Online (2018 to current)

Please state which other version(s):

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6. Which aspects of the currently adopted Essex Design Guide (1997 version) are most important for Colchester and you would like to see retained as adopted guidance for Colchester? (limit to 500 words)

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7. Which aspects of the Essex Design Guide (online version from 2018 to today) are most important to apply to Colchester? (limit to 500 words)

The themes relating to health and wellbeing and active design.

8. Are there examples of policy frameworks that have worked well elsewhere and why have they been successful? (limit to 500 words)

Examples can be provided upon request of Local Plan policies, Place Making SPDs, design codes etc that have positively addressed how design can encourage physical activity.

1. What do you think is good design? (limit to 250 words)

Sport England's new guidance and checklist on design codes attached which includes good practice examples

Include examples and/or images from Colchester, Essex or elsewhere.

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2. What do you think is bad design? (limit to 250 words)

No answer given

Include examples and/or images from Colchester, Essex or elsewhere.

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