Design guidance which seeks to end the creation of new housing estates formed as “island developments” has been published with the backing of Homes England and the NHS.

The Building for a Healthy Life guidance, on how to design well-connected and healthy new developments, is an update to the existing Building for Life design guide used by councils up and down the country to ensure schemes are well-developed.

Homes England already requires developers it works with to commit to using the design toolkit in drawing up their plans, and said it will now require them to use the updated guidance.

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