Residents in Trafford are to get their say in how their council spends £160,000 of "levelling up" cash aimed at generating pride in places where people live. The borough is one of 25 areas singled out to receive the cash by the Government's Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities.
Now, Trafford council is asking people what they would like their neighbourhoods to look like in the future. This will be done through a series of consultations to create guidance on how new buildings and developments are designed.
Opinions will be collated and put into the Trafford Design Guide which will be adopted by the council as planning policy to improve the quality of new development. The authority also wants to harvest views as it draws up the vision for a "future Design Code", which sets out more specific standards of design, like street character, building type and layout. The thinking is that this will lead to "more attractive, green and accessible places".
