Supplementary Planning Guidance
Planning policies are contained within the Local Plan, which is being phased out by the Local Development Framework. Until 2004, the Council was also able to produce Supplementary Planning Guidance, giving additional information on certain aspects of planning policy. Some of these are still in use, but they are gradually being phased out by the Local Development Framework. As well as these SPG, there are also a number of Development Briefs which give principles for the development of specific sites.
SPG1: Land North of Royston, June 1990 (1,724KB) 
SPG2: Car Parking Standards, January 1995 - see now the SPD on Vehicle Parking at New Development.
SPG3: Access to Hitchin Industrial Areas, January 1992 (77KB)
SPG4: Golf Courses and Facilities, November 1991 (456KB)
SPG5: Telecommunications - predates Government advice in PPG8.
SPG6: Designing for Accessibility, August 1994 (1,167KB)
SPG7: Affordable housing - formally withdrawn in December 2003
SPG8: Urban Regeneration, September 1997 (35KB)
SPG9: Car parking standards for houses in multiple occupation, October 1997 - see now the SPD on Vehicle Parking at New Development.
SPG10: Nightingale Road, Hitchin (Site HS2), November 1997 (67KB)
SPG11: Design guide for a shopfront in Baldock, January 1998 (222KB)
SPG12: Design guide for a shopfront in Hitchin, January 1998 (217KB)
SPG13: Design guide for a shopfront in Letchworth, January 1998 (749KB)
SPG14: Design guide for a shopfront in Royston, January 1998 (221KB)
SPG15: Shopping areas in town centres, February 1999 (89KB)
SPG16: Environmental guidelines for the management of roads in the Chilterns AONB, September 1998 (847KB)
SPG17: Chilterns buildings design guide, February 2000 (3,600KB)
SPG18: Ashwell village design statement, October 2000 (11,191KB)
SPG19: North Herts Towns Cycle Routes Network, December 2000 (part 1: introduction and Royston) (2,228KB)
SPG19: North Herts Towns Cycle Routes Network, December 2000 (part 2: Baldock) (1,323KB)
SPG19: North Herts Towns Cycle Routes Network, December 2000 (part 3: Letchworth) (3,292KB)
SPG19: North Herts Towns Cycle Routes Network, December 2000 (part 4: Hitchin) (3,019KB)
SPG20: Letchworth Design Guide, October 2000 (1,708KB)
SPG21: Pirton Village Design Statement, April 2003 (2,591KB)
SPG: River Hiz Development Guidelines, March 1995 (817KB)
SPG: Energy conservation requirements, February 1997 (61KB)
