Object

Representation ID: 10443

Received: 29/07/2022

Respondent: Gallagher Developments Group Limited

Agent: Barton Willmore

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Policy DM3(S) (Housing Mix) requires all developments of 20 dwellings or more to provide a minimum of 4% of all market housing and 6% of affordable housing to Category 3 standards. However, it does not clarify if such housing should be ‘wheelchair adaptable’ or ‘wheelchair accessible’ as both types exist under this standard.
We would expect application of Category 3 ‘wheelchair adaptable’ standards to apply to market homes and ‘wheelchair accessible’ standards to apply to affordable homes where the council is responsible for nominating the person who lives in that house.