Built Environment
Essex Design Guide (2005)
The latest Essex Design Guide (2018) can be found online at www.essexdesignguide.co.uk. This is The Essex Design Guide (2005)
Sustainable Drainage Systems
Place Services along with Essex County Council has produced a SuDS Design and Adoption Guide.
The Guide gives advice on how to design high-quality SuDS that will offer benefits to the community and the environment.
Urban Place Supplement (2007)
The Urban Place Supplement has been superseded by the new online Essex Design Guide.
This is a copy of The Urban Place Supplement (2007).
Essex Green Infrastructure Strategy
A 2020 strategy that champions high-quality green space and green infrastructure in Essex. The purpose of this strategy is to take a positive approach to enhance, protect and create an inclusive and integrated network of high-quality green infrastructure in Greater Essex. This will help to create a county-wide understanding of green infrastructure, its functions and values, and to identify opportunities for delivering green infrastructure.