PPS 21 Sustainable Development in the Countryside·Page 41·5.72
Access - Routes and Landscaping
Access should preferably be taken from existing lanes. New access drives and services should run alongside existing hedgerows or walls with landscaping measures, respect site contours, and avoid sweeping driveways that create a suburban appearance.
Wherever possible access to a new building should be taken from an existing lane-way. Where a new access drive and services, such as electricity and telephone lines, are required, they should, as far as practicable, be run unobtrusively alongside existing hedgerows or wall lines and accompanied by landscaping measures. Access driveways should respect site contours and cross them gently, thus integrating the building with its entrance and site. Sweeping driveways which create a suburban emphasis and access arrangements, will not be acceptable.
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