I am really considering...
When I look at all the residential areas that come to mind, without knowing the development plan, you either recognize the development plan in obvious aspects or the plots/style/orientation actually allow many to build uniformly.
And: they all somehow have their concept, which usually fits the infrastructure.
A quite large development area allows a colorful mix on at least 400 sqm, others are more refined and have their minimum of 650 to about 720 sqm with zoning: only bungalows in the south, houses with attic conversion in the middle, Bauhaus-style houses in the north.
A larger area is laid out in rings or ovals, narrower strips only in two parallel strips.
The building windows regulate that the gardens are all laid out parallel, so everyone has their privacy and does not have to look into each other’s windows.
Where little space is available, living space is planned as a row house block – of course preferably from a single source.
I think many minds do a lot right and also give one or the other development area a special character.
Playgrounds are always included and the planting obligation regulates nature on a small scale.
There is criticism, of course, when someone wanting to build is stuck and cannot build their dream house. But that is not due to the planning of the area, but the inflexibility despite the scarcity of plots.
What really annoys me: the municipality subsidizes development areas and sells them at lower prices so that families with “less” income can afford to build a house. And what do you see on these plots two years later? Elaborate houses, living space used to the last square meter, intricate roofs, countless dormers and bay windows, every trinket installed, naturally with a double garage. There is a garden house in the garden that cost as much as our entire front yard.
Besides the development plan, we also had a design framework that belonged to the notarized contract, as the municipality or the leaseholder wished for the old artist village Innovation with young blood: plastered houses, RAL specifications in all shades of gray, no cemetery hedges, no detached garden houses, etc.
My neighboring community, as I know it or have heard through third parties, likes this very much. The only disadvantage was that gables had to be oriented from north to south... so solar panels are on the east... :rolleyes: ... there are worse things, e.g., having to coordinate with a (weird) neighbor. We don’t have to, luckily everything is regulated, but this came up as an idea above. Sorry, that doesn’t work.