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Representation ID: 4951

Received: 23/12/2022

Respondent: Churchill Retirement Living

Agent: Planning Issues

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Housing designed for a range of potential occupiers requires greater outdoors space to accommodate children's place, light exercise space and socialising. In contrast occupiers in specialist elderly schemes tend to use garden space in a passive way (i.e. sitting out). Specialist schemes also tend to incorporate internal communal facilities such as lounges or coffee bars to promote social interaction, which are valued far more than large grassed areas.


A requirement of 60m2 per dwelling substantially exceeds the needs of residents of older persons' housing and should be determined on a case-by-case basis, to ensure an efficient use of land in sustainable locations.