Object

Representation ID: 6250

Received: 09/09/2021

Respondent: IM Land

Agent: Barton Willmore

Quality of development and space standards
Footnote 49 of the NPPF states that “planning policies for housing should make use of the Government’s optional technical standards for accessible and adaptable housing, where this would address an identified need for such properties. Policies may also make use of the nationally described space standard, where the need for an internal space standard can be justified” (our emphasis).
The proposed ‘Policy DQ1 – Residential space standards’ requires that “the Council will require all new dwellings to conform to nationally described space standards as a minimum”. However, there does not appear to be any justification for this policy requirement, and we therefore do not consider that the inclusion of this additional policy would meet the requirements of the NPPF.