Swords Masterplan - Fingal County Council
Swords Masterplan - Fingal County Council
Swords Masterplan - Fingal County Council
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Active frontage<br />
Provided by a building or other feature whose use is directly accessible from the<br />
street or space which it faces; the opposite effect to a blank wall.<br />
Architectural features<br />
Doors, windows, cornices and other features which contribute to the overall<br />
design and architecture of a building.<br />
Backland Development<br />
Development which takes place to the rear of existing structures fronting a street<br />
or roadway.<br />
Building types<br />
The building typologies in the area. For example terrace, detached, block etc.<br />
Building heights and massing<br />
The combined effect of the height and bulk of a building or group of buildings.<br />
Context<br />
The setting of a site or area, including factors such as traffic, activities and land<br />
uses as well as landscape and built form.<br />
Elevation<br />
The façade of a building.<br />
Enclosure<br />
The use of buildings to create a sense of defined space.<br />
Landmark<br />
A building or structure that stands out from its background by virtue of height,<br />
size or some other aspect of design.<br />
Legibility<br />
The degree to which a place can be easily understood and traversed.<br />
Permeability<br />
The degree to which an area has a variety of pleasant, convenient and safe routes<br />
through it.<br />
S W O R D S M A S T E R P L A N<br />
Appendix 3 Glossary<br />
Protected structures<br />
A building, feature, site, or structure identified in the Development Plan as worthy<br />
of protection or preservation in accordance with the Planning and Development<br />
Act 2000.<br />
Public open space<br />
The areas created and operated for benefit of the public and which are open to<br />
public (i.e., park, square, playground, etc.).<br />
Safety and security<br />
The discouragement to wrong-doing by the presence of passers-by or the ability<br />
of people to be seen from surrounding windows.<br />
Topography<br />
A description or representation of artificial or natural features on or of the ground.<br />
Threshold Zone<br />
An area of land that separates private space and buildings from public space,<br />
such as a small front garden.<br />
Typology<br />
A study of building types. Examples include bungalows, terraced housing, semidetached<br />
housing, detached housing etc.<br />
Urban grain<br />
The pattern of the arrangement and size of buildings and their plots in a<br />
settlement; and the degree to which an area’s pattern of street-blocks and street<br />
junctions is respectively small and frequent, or large and infrequent.<br />
Views<br />
What is visible from a particular point.<br />
Vista<br />
An enclosed view, usually a long and narrow one.<br />
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