Aylesbury Vale Area Design Supplementary Planning Document

Introduction: Understanding the context

Aylesbury Vale is an historic and beautiful area, with large tracts of its landscape and townscape protected for their special qualities.

One of the fundamental objectives of this Design SPD is to ensure that new development respects, responds to and enhances the unique characteristics of the area. Development should share common characteristics with its locality, integrate and function as a natural part, or extension of existing settlements and contribute in a positive manner to the character of Aylesbury Vale.

An understanding of context is an essential starting point and this chapter identifies the approach that applicants should take to achieve this.