1. New development should be designed so as to provide good levels of personal and property security, as follows:
a) All public highways, footpaths and cycle routes, and car parking areas should be highly visible (including at night) and have good levels of natural surveillance from nearby properties;
b) The design of buildings and of landscaping areas should avoid creating potential hiding places whilst providing defensible space by giving definition between the public and private realm;
c) Features such as gates and fencing should be included where necessary to prevent inappropriate access;
d) The buildings themselves should be securely designed, with main entrance doors and windows enjoying good levels of natural surveillance;
e) Long lengths of blank or uniform fencing or walls should be avoided where these would create dead frontages; and
f) Large developments should include a mixture of uses and/or types of dwellings to maximise surveillance through the day and night.
2. Security features such as fencing, walls, CCTV cameras and lighting (both in new developments and where proposed to provide added security to existing developments) should be designed so as to avoid causing harm to:
a) Visual amenity;
b) The amenities of occupiers of nearby property; or
c) Highway safety.
