Newark Town Centre Design Code

Newark Town Centre Design Code Supplementary Planning Document

The Newark Town Centre Design Code aims to guide sustainable development within Newark's Conservation Area. With the preservation and enhancement of Newark’s rich historic identity being aided, and delivery of high-quality new developments in Newark Town Centre streamlined. This is a collaborative project between Historic England and the District Council, intended to test the Coding process within a complex heritage context. Allies & Morrison have been appointed to produce the document. 

Design Codes offer a set of illustrated design requirements that establish specific, detailed parameters for the physical development of a site or area. The intention is to provide clear rules and standards, while still allowing designers and developers the creativity and flexibility they need. The draft Code is divided into mandatory 'codes', which are requirements that development proposals must meet, and design 'guidance', which offers advisory recommendations.

The Design Code has been developed alongside the emerging Newark Town Centre Masterplan, which provides a high-level vision and framework for the future management of Newark Town Centre and identifies a range of potential future interventions. Whilst the Design Code will offer certainty over design expectations in the area and support design-led solutions to issues identified through the Masterplan.

It is intended that the Design Code will eventually be adopted as a Supplementary Planning Document, making it a material consideration in decisions on planning applications.