Important notice: This is an archived version of the Peak District National Park Authority's website. It was last updated on 2 August 2011. The current version can be found at www.peakdistrict.gov.uk. This old version of the website will remain available until all content and functionality has been transferred across to the new website, after which it will be switched off.
Publications
Peak District National Park Authority publications
- Visitor guides
Maps and information about places to walk, cycle and visit - Strategies and Action Plans
Documents that define how we will meet our national park management plan objectives - Authority Policies
Policies that define how we work as an organisation - Plans and policies
Design Guide
Aimed at anyone from developers to householders, the guide features 158 illustrations and gives advice on best practice, from simple house extensions and work buildings to shops and housing estates.
It covers things including:
- Local building traditions and craftsmanship
- The importance of access and the space around buildings
- Blending contemporary with traditional
- Consideration for the neighbourhood.
It also sets the tone for the way forward – encouraging:
- Affordable housing to support communities
- Energy, water and waste efficiency
- Sustainable materials and re-using buildings
- Provision for wildlife.
The National Park Authority has adopted the guide as a “Supplementary Planning Document”. It provides a benchmark for the Authority when considering planning applications, and so applications that follow the principles set out in the guide will have a greater chance of being approved.
Complete Design Guide (6.1MB) 
1 Contents and introduction (670KB)
2 The Peak tradition (775KB)
3 New development - designing in sympathy (655KB)
4 Materials (500KB)
5 Access and space between buildings (1.3MB)
6. Sustainable design (450KB)
7 Alterations and extensions (550KB)
8 Conversions (530KB)
9 Shop fronts (300KB)
10 Details (630KB)
11 External works (600KB)
12 Wildlife and protected species (170KB)
Appendices (270KB)
Paper copies of the Design Guide are also available priced £10.00 + £4.00 postage. You can buy the Design Guide online get in touch by phone on 01629 816200 or by email to customer.service@peakdistrict.gov.uk or visit us during office hours at Aldern House, Baslow Road, Bakewell, Derbyshire DE45 1AE.
Technical and detailed guidance
The National Park Authority has officially adopted the 1987 guide as a ‘Technical Supplement’.
Download Building Design Guide (1987)
(7MB please note that this is a scanned document)
