Tools and Guidance
This area provides quick links to useful tools on the web.
If you come across useful regeneration related guidance that you would like to share on IGNITE, please contact us..
 | The Design and Access Statement Writing Tool (Case Studies/Guidance/Toolkit) Use this tool to create your written Design and Access Statements. They are now a mandatory requirement for your Planning Application to gain consent. |
| BREEAM : Eco Homes (Guidance) The website to access the methodology for making your project comply with BREEAM or the new Codes for Sustainable Homes. |
| Building for Life (Case Studies/Guidance) The Building for Life Standard is the national benchmark for well-designed housing and neighbourhoods in England. |
| Building in Context Toolkit (Guidance/Toolkit) The Building in Context TOOLKIT arose from the need to bridge the gap between guidance and practical, everyday use. Based on the publication ‘Building in Context’ published by English Heritage and CABE in 2002. |
| Building In Sustainability (Guidance) The Sustainability Guide can be used in a number of ways, it can be read from beginning to end, following the development process from start to finish, or can be used for reference by jumping directly to the section which deals with a particular part of the development process which is of interest. |
| Market Town Retail Distinctiveness Toolkit A tool for Town Teams and volunteers to use to benchmark and improve the offer and character of their town. |
| One North East Quality Standards (Standards) To receive Agency funding, physical regeneration projects will need to comply with the Quality Standards. |
| Public Realm Toolkit (Guidance/Toolkit) Developed by the Regional Centre of Excellence (RCE) Regeneration East Midlands (REM), this is a tool kit in three parts to help you formulate your partnership vision and translate it, through leadership and decision making, into action. |
| The Excellence Framework (Guidance) Developed by Regional Centre of Excellence (RCE) Inspire East, this tool enables you to asses whether your plans have considered all aspects necessary to create and maintain sustainable communities. |