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By: Series: Housing Today ; (232) 3 May 2001, 14-15(2)Publication details: 2001Subject(s): Summary: Looks at the various supplementary guidance published in the wake of PPG3 which includes, "Tapping the potential - assessing urban housing capacity", "Urban design compendium", and "Sustainability toolkit", with a further publication set to detail 15 popular high-density developments. Questions whether housebuilders are able to meet the requirements laid out in the housing guidance; for example, can homes be 'popular' and 'high density'. Provides details of several urban schemes which have managed to provide interior layout flexibility, a factor required to make higher density designs 'sustainable', according to the compendium and toolkit guidance.
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Looks at the various supplementary guidance published in the wake of PPG3 which includes, "Tapping the potential - assessing urban housing capacity", "Urban design compendium", and "Sustainability toolkit", with a further publication set to detail 15 popular high-density developments. Questions whether housebuilders are able to meet the requirements laid out in the housing guidance; for example, can homes be 'popular' and 'high density'. Provides details of several urban schemes which have managed to provide interior layout flexibility, a factor required to make higher density designs 'sustainable', according to the compendium and toolkit guidance.