Agenda item

Alison Squires, Planning Policy Team Leader

Consultation draft of the Residential Design Standards SPD - out for consultation until 2nd June 2011. Sets out new minimum dwelling sizes for the borough and updates information relating to the core strategy.

Alison Squires explained that an update to the residential design standards supplementary planning document was out for consultation. The amendments including additional guidance on minimum dwelling sizes. The proposed amendments would mean that the minimum space for dwelling would increase, so larger units for new houses built.

The consultation was open until Thursday 2 June, consultation forms were available in the agenda, at the meeting and could also be completed online.