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About Home zones
In Home Zones cars, pedestrians, cyclists, children use a shared surface which is designed to ensure vehicles travel very slowly and to be visually attractive to encourage neighbourliness and strong communities. A new road sign marks the entrances.
Visit www.homezones.org.uk - the UK national home zones website.
IHE Home Zone Design Guidelines provide practical advice for designers and planners implementing and approving UK Home Zones. You can download from the website or for the full text on CD ROM send IHE £5.00 plus £1.70 p&p with an Order Form.
- Published in June 2002, the guidelines are 96 pages packed with images, case studies and detailed recommendations on what to do and what not to do when planning and designing a Home Zone.
- Essential reading for engineers, urban designers, landscape architects and planners.
- Relevant for new build-and retrofit home zones.
- Designed to persuade you to move beyond standard residential street designs.
- Drafted by an expert multi disciplinary team led by Phil Jones and with DFT support.
- Launched by David Jamieson, MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, on 28 June in Plymouth to coincide with the official opening of the Morice Town Home Zone.
To keep up to date
We monitor developments and update the guidance on www.homezones.org.uk every month. See News and Topic Papers.
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