Building healthy places
Guidance on construction management processes, design, building safety and infrastructure, Modern Methods of Construction, and self and custom build.
Homes England aims to uphold standards and good practice in areas such as design quality, building safety and sustainability.
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Design
Guidance on the essentials of well-designed places and homes.
This includes design guides for new homes and placemaking, as well as information on the nationally described space standard, the use and application of design codes, and the importance of landscaping and nature conservation in design.
is a new iteration of Building for Life 12, and is a design toolkit for neighbourhoods, streets, homes and public places. It鈥檚 produced by Design for Homes in conjunction with the NHS and informed by Homes England.
Homes England has developed 2 videos on Building for a Healthy Life:
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The Urban Design Compendium provided .
Building with Nature is .
The Urban Design Alliance have .
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Infrastructure
Guidance on transport and national infrastructure planning.
The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) has .
The Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT) has .
The Landscape Institute provides .
Construction management
Guidance on the construction management process, including mobilising on-site, construction and hand-over, and dealing with post-completion defects and issues.
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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has . This includes , which aim to make sure projects are safe to build, use and maintain, and offer good value.
Planning Portal has .
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has a resource titled the RIBA Plan of Work, .
The Consumer Code for Home Builders鈥� guidance on warranties provides .
Their home builders鈥� archive contains .
Modern Methods of Construction
Guidance on Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) and how it can help deliver better homes at a faster rate.
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The National Housing Federation (NHF) has put together guidance on MMC around de-risking sites and how MMC supports social and economic recovery:
The Crown Commercial Service鈥檚 Offsite Construction Solutions agreement .
Self build and custom build
Guidance on self-build and custom-build housing, how to make building your own home more affordable, and community-led housing (CLH).
The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) are supporting the Right to Build Taskforce, .
The Community Land Trust Network .
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Updates to this page
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In 'Modern Methods of Construction' a broken link to Public Practice has been removed. In ' Self Build and Custom Build' a link to Community Land Trusts and a link to a video from the Homes England learning programme has been added.
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Additional Homes England Learning Programme video
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New Homes England video on delivering public health net gain through design
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Removed BC Housing guidance document, Urban Design London resources and the Scottish Place Standard Tool.
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Added video on long-term stewardships for large developments to the Design section, this was moved from the Planning for homebuilding and regeneration page.
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