Streetscape design manual (SSDM)

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 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 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