Southwark Streetscape Design Manual (SSDM)
Design Standards Register (SSDM/DSR)
The Design Standards Registers contain our technical design requirements for streets and spaces.
These have been developed to fit with the Strategic Design Policies in the Framework Plan and have been approved under delegated authority by senior council officers.
The design standards cover everything from pavement constructions, drainage and street trees to parking restrictions, traffic signs and tactile paving - each set out in an individual document. These typically explain both when particular features may or must be used, and how they should be designed if they're required or permitted.
A form of departure approval is always required to vary from the requirements of design standards. Further information about obtaining this can be found in the Procedures Register.
Below you can find a list of current agreed Design Standards. We've grouped these into a number of sub-registers covering related themes for ease of use. If you have any trouble accessing the content of these documents, please email highways@southwark.gov.uk.
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 Delinating between ped 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 ped 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 dettering 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 Giveway line markings (PDF, 466kb)
- DS 303 Stop line markings (inc ASLs) (PDF, 289kb)
- DS 304 Signing of one way streets (PDF, 1.1mb)
- DS 307 Warning line markings (PDF, 252kb)
- DS 308 Zig-zag 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
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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
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none yet
Series 800: Lighting
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none yet
Series 900: Miscellaneous
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none yet
Work is currently on-going preparing further Design Standards. These will be individually added here as they are agreed. Existing agreed Design Standards may be updated from time to time so users are advised to check back regularly to confirm that they are working from the current version.
The Southwark Highways Works Contract Technical Specifications are occasionally referred to in the above design standards. For ease of reference, the Additional, Substitute and Cancelled Clauses; Minor Alterations and Numbered Appendices of the Southwark Highway Works Contract Technical Specifications are provided below:
- SHWC Lot B Doc B3d Tech Spec NA v1 20-01-31 (PDF, 2.3mb)
- SHWC Lot B Doc B3c Tech Spec MA v1 20-01-31 (PDF, 643kb)
- SHWC Lot B Doc B3b Tech Spec ASC v1 20-01-31 (PDF, 1.7mb)
For details about adoptable requirements for features not currently addressed by published Design Standards, contact us via the address in the side panel.
Page last updated: 21 February 2024