Do

Don't

■  use professional architects with the appropriate skills and experience

■  think carefully about the scale of neighbouring buildings or where adjacent sites are allocated but undeveloped and what the relationship between future buildings and the waste facility will be.

■  use computer design technology to produce virtual images of the proposals and surrounding area to a better understanding of how a building will look from key viewpoints.

■  underestimate the visual impacts and imposing nature of some waste facilities

■  simply fit in with the local vernacular without considering design objectives

■  produce a pastiche of existing forms

■  be afraid of challenging perceived norms associated with traditional industrial buildings and the potential for design flair.