Part C: Appendices

Appendix 1: Glossary

View our glossary of important words and definitions used throughout the Wakefield District Design Code. This also includes technical design references and a bibliography.

Appendix 2: Local planning policy context

View a brief summary of the Wakefield District Local Plan 2036 vision for good design. This includes a list of Strategic and Local Policies that the Design Code seeks to support and implement to achieve the vision of the Local Plan.

Appendix 3: Residential Areas Types for relevant Local Plan allocations

View a list of the relevant Local Plan allocations and the Area Type the listed allocation is located within.

Appendix 4: What good looks like: Area Types

Learn more about what good looks like through modern built examples and best practice case studies located within the north of England.

Appendix 5: Identifying and using local building styles

Learn more about the variety of local materials available, as well as architectural details and building forms that have been traditionally used in different parts of the Wakefield district.

Appendix 6: Masterplanning guidance

View our masterplanning guidance designed to assist applicants in achieving a successful masterplan as set out in the Design Code and Wakefield District Local Plan requirements.

Appendix 7: District-Wide Cycle and Other Parking Standards

As the Design Code will replace the Street Design SPD, a review of the parking standards has been undertaken. This has considered the requirements of the Wakefield District Local Plan and is based on the Uses Classes Order as last amended in 2020 and set out in the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended).