Comment

Representation ID: 4589

Received: 22/12/2022

Respondent: Taylor Wimpey UK Ltd

Agent: Evolve Planning & Design

Taylor Wimpey has limited comment in respect of the external space standards that reflect existing policy which are generally considered appropriate.
However, if bungalows are to be provided within a scheme, it would seem logical to relax garden sizes or allow for the provision of communal/shared gardens to ensure efficient use of land and to reflect any desire from the market for low-maintenance external amenity areas. This approach is also likely to align to any appropriate space about dwellings requirements which should reduce the necessary distance between principal facing windows for ground floor windows, where intervening boundary treatments would interrupt views.
Taylor Wimpey does currently adhere to the Nationally Described Space Standards (NDSS) through the design of current housetypes.