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Design standards register

The Streetscape Design Manual contains registers. They give our approved design requirements for streets and spaces. They include design standards for:

pavement constructions
drainage
street trees
parking restrictions
traffic signs
tactile paving

They explain when to use features and how to design them.

Read the procedures register to find out how to apply for departure approval to change a design feature. For details of how to add features not in the design standards, email highways@southwark.gov.uk.

The following are our current approved design standards. They are always under review. Some refer to the highways works contract technical specifications:

Technical specification numbered appendices (Lot B Doc B3d Tech Spec NA v1 20-01-31) (PDF, 2.3MB)

Technical specification minor alterations (Lot B Doc B3c Tech Spec MA v1 20-01-31) (PDF, 643KB)

Technical specification additional, substitute and cancelled clauses (Lot B Doc B3b Tech Spec ASC v1 20-01-31) (PDF, 1.8MB)

Series 000: parking

DS 002 Yellow line and blip road markings (PDF, 416KB)
DS 003 Upright signs for parking (PDF, 270KB)
DS 005 Arranging and delineating parking bays (PDF, 326KB)
DS 007 H-Bar markings (PDF, 181KB)

Series 100: general design and layout

DS 100 Reducing the widths of existing footways (PDF, 272KB)
DS 102 Cycle lanes in carriageways (PDF, 493KB)
DS 111 Vertical traffic calming features (PDF, 1.7MB)
DS 113 Traffic islands (PDF, 403KB)
DS 114 Highway visibility (PDF, 160KB)
DS 118 Build outs (PDF, 520KB)
DS 122 Recess frame and tray covers (PDF, 284KB)
DS 127 Minimum width requirements for new highways (PDF, 547KB)
DS 128 Inset parking bays (PDF, 307KB)
DS 129 Edge channel details (PDF, 667KB)
DS 130 Visual design of pavement surfaces (PDF, 770KB)
DS 132 Vehicle crossings (PDF, 1.4MB)

Series 200: accessibility

DS 201 Footways along highway boundaries (PDF, 338KB)
DS 202 Delineating between pedestrian and vehicle areas (PDF, 754KB)
DS 203 Cycle tracks on footways and footpaths (PDF, 670KB)
DS 205 Dropped kerbs (PDF, 336KB)
DS 206 Basic requirements for formal pedestrian crossings (PDF, 258KB)
DS 207 Tactile surfaces (PDF, 320KB)
DS 208 Effective footway widths for pedestrians (PDF, 586KB)
DS 213 Bollards and other methods of deterring vehicle use of footways (PDF, 255KB)
DS 219 Pedestrian accessibility issues in surface design (PDF, 405KB)
DS 224 Total shared surfaces and non-standard level surfaces (PDF, 314KB)

Series 300: traffic Signs

DS 300 Overarching requirements and principles for traffic signs (PDF, 417KB)
DS 301 Centre line markings (PDF, 215KB)
DS 302 Give way line markings (PDF, 466KB)
DS 303 Stop line markings (including ASLs) (PDF, 289KB)
DS 304 Signing of one-way streets (PDF, 1.1MB)
DS 307 Warning line markings (PDF, 252KB)
DS 308 Zig-zag line marking (PDF, 451KB)
DS 309 Chevron and hatched markings (PDF, 323KB)
DS 312 Text legend road markings (PDF, 204KB)
DS 315 Warning signs (PDF, 143KB)
DS 319 Central illumination columns (PDF, 127KB)
DS 320 Speed camera signage (PDF, 137KB)
DS 324 Way-finding signs for pedestrians (PDF, 396KB)
DS 338 Coloured pavement surfaces (PDF, 166KB)

Series 400: sustainability

none yet

Series 500: street greening

DS 501 Street trees (PDF, 1.3MB)
DS 502 Planters (PDF, 3.1MB)
DS 503 Highway drainage (PDF, 1.3MB)

Series 600: pavement engineering

DS 601 Structural design of pavement upper layers (PDF, 2MB)
DS 602 Structural design of pavement foundations (PDF, 659KB)
DS 603 Structural design of kerbs and edge restraints (PDF, 882KB)

Series 700: drainage

none yet

Series 800: lighting

none yet

Series 900: miscellaneous

none yet