Object
Publication Plan November 2022
Representation ID: 4766
Received: 19/12/2022
Respondent: Mrs Joanne Harding
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
The PPG states that local planning authorities should provide justification for requiring internal space policies, showing evidence of need, viability and timing. If the Government had expected all properties to be built to NDSS that they would have made these standards mandatory not optional.
There is a direct relationship between unit size, cost per square metre (sqm), selling price per sqm and affordability. An inflexible policy approach imposing NDSS on all housing removes the most affordable homes and denies lower income households from being able to afford homeownership. The Council should focus on good design and usable space to ensure that dwellings are fit for purpose rather than focusing on NDSS.