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<cms:item xmlns:cms="http://www.arsdigita.com/cms/1.0" xmlns="http://www.esd.org.uk/standards/esdbody" oid="[com.arsdigita.cms.contenttypes.ESDService:{id=497}]"><cms:name>planning-497</cms:name><cms:language>en</cms:language><cms:title>Town centre management - crime prevention</cms:title><cms:dublinCore oid="[com.arsdigita.london.cms.dublin.DublinCoreItem:{id=497}]"><cms:name>planning-497-dublin-metadata</cms:name><cms:dcAudience>Householder</cms:dcAudience><cms:dcCoverage>content="99XX" scheme="ONS SNAC"</cms:dcCoverage><cms:dcCoveragePostcode/><cms:dcCoverageSpatialRef/><cms:dcCoverageUnit/><cms:dcDateValid/><cms:dcDisposalReview/><cms:dcLanguage>en</cms:dcLanguage><cms:dcTemporalBegin/><cms:dcTemporalEnd/><cms:dcCreatorOwner>LAWS Project - Starter Kit - http://www.laws-project.org.uk</cms:dcCreatorOwner><cms:dcCreatorContact>LAWS Project - Starter Kit - http://www.laws-project.org.uk</cms:dcCreatorContact><cms:dcPublisher>Tameside MBC - LAWS project - http://laws.tameside.gov.uk</cms:dcPublisher><cms:dcRights/><cms:dcKeywords>town, centre, management, crime, prevention</cms:dcKeywords></cms:dublinCore><cms:textAsset oid="[com.arsdigita.cms.TextAsset:{id=497}]"><cms:content><![CDATA[<h2>Environmental Services</h2><span class="gen">email address here</span><span class="gen">phone number here</span><span class="gen">sms phone number here</span><span class="gen">fax number here</span><span class="gen">minicom number here</span><p><i>It is now widely recognised that there is a link between design and crime and that careful attention to the planning of towns and to the design of estates and individual buildings can help reduce crime. </i></p><hr/><h2>
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Government Policy
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</h2><p>
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Policy is set out in Circular 5/94 "Planning Out
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Crime", which states that planning proposals can help reduce crime, particularly
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if they are considered as part of a strategic approach incorporating a wide range
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of measures, including, for example, estate or town centre management and CCTV.
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The Circular accepts that crime prevention is a 'material' planning consideration
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which can legitimately be taken into account in preparing plans and deciding planning
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applications.
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</p><p>
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The circular suggests that if areas, such as town centres,
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are occupied after dark, the presence of people produces informal supervision which
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reduces vandalism and crime. A mix of users, including housing and entertainment
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will ensure that the area does not become a deserted and therefore potentially threatening
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environment.
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</p><p>
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The regeneration of large housing estates should incorporate
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measures such as diversification of tenure, the creation of smaller community areas,
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the provision of facilities for the young and proposals to create a more attractive
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environment, since it has been shown that packages of such measures are successful
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in reducing crime.
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</p><p>
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Detailed design measures can help reduce vandalism
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and crime. Attractive, well cared for environments are less prone to vandalism,
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but in some cases it is recognised that the need for crime prevention measures will
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have to be balanced against visual amenity. Thus with landscaping it is important
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to avoid planting which can screen wrong doers close to footpaths, but the use of
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spiky bushes can help deter crime. Footpaths should be straight, wide, well lit
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and well supervised by passers by and overlooking residents. Car parks should be
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well lit and supervised where possible. Shutters on shops may be necessary but should
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be attractively designed, for example with open grilles, to avoid 'dead' shopping
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frontages and graffiti.
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</p><p>
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Liaison between the developer, the planning authority
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and the police can ensure that new developments have crime prevention measures built
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into their design.
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</p><h2>
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Suggested Guidelines
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</h2><p>
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It is suggested that the following guidelines be adopted and that they be
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used in the preparation of development briefs and in the control of development.
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</p><h3>General</h3><ul>
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<li title="*">Crime prevention should be taken into account in the planning of all developments.</li>
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<li title="*">The Police Architectural Liaison Officer should be consulted about major development
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proposals. </li>
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</ul><h3>Town Centres</h3><ul>
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<li title="*">A mix of uses - shop, food and drink and entertainment, and residential should
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be encouraged within centres to ensure the presence of people throughout day and
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night, whilst avoiding undue concentrations of uses such as pubs, which could
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give rise to public order problems.</li>
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<li title="*">Security shutters, where necessary, should be of an open grille design, integrated
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into the design of the shopfront and should be painted to match. Special consideration
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should be given within Conservation Areas. They are not appropriate on Listed
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Buildings. </li>
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</ul><h3>Housing Estates</h3><ul>
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<li title="*">Larger estates should make provision for open spaces where children can play
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in safety but without disturbing residents.</li>
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<li title="*">All public spaces - roads, footpaths and open spaces and play areas should be
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well lit and overlooked by dwellings. Footpaths to the rear of properties should
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be avoided where possible.</li>
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<li title="*">Private spaces, such as rear gardens, should be clearly demarcated by high walls
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or fences.</li>
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<li title="*">Landscaping should avoid creating hiding places close to footpaths and spiky
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bushes could be used to deter unwanted visitors. </li>
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</ul><h3>Commercial Development</h3><ul>
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<li title="*">Comments on landscaping as above.</li>
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<li title="*">Security considerations should be integrated into the design process and consideration
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should be given to building design and security lighting as well as security fencing.</li>
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<li title="*">Fences should be attractive and robust and chain link
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fences, concrete post and panel fences should be avoided in prominent locations.</li>
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</ul><span class="gen">email address here</span><span class="gen">phone number here</span><span class="gen">sms phone number here</span><span class="gen">fax number here</span><span class="gen">minicom number here</span><span class="gen">postal address here</span><h3>
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