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5 Housing
Policy DM 27
Housing Space Standards
A. All new housing development (including conversions, Houses in Multiple Occupation and
Sheltered Housing) are required to provide accommodation:
i) of adequate size, with acceptable shape and layout of rooms (with due consideration to
aspect, outlook, noise, ventilation, privacy, light);
ii)
with adequate play, amenity and garden space;
iii) with sufficient space for storage and utility purposes(for general household storage,
waste/recycling, washing machines/drying clothes, pushchairs and cycles);
iv) to high quality design standards, built to be accessible and adaptable to meet changing
occupier circumstances over its lifetime, which are attractive to and safe for all, built to
Islington's Flexible Homes standards (as set out in SPD) and Islington's Planning Standards
Guidelines, having regard to the Islington Urban Design Guide (including any alteration,
amendment or replacement thereafter) to enable residents to live comfortably and conveniently.
v) 10% of all new housing, calculated against the number of habitable rooms, is required to
be wheelchair accessible, or easily adaptable for residents who are wheelchair users. The
wheelchair accessible units should be provided across all tenures (and be integrated within
the development), and deliver appropriate unit sizes. Each wheelchair housing unit is required
to be single-storey, preferably on the ground floor.
B. Internal Floor Area
i) The following space standards must be met as a minimum in new developments and
conversions. For dwellings designed for more than 6 people, allow 10m 2 of additional space
per extra person thereafter.
Minimum
dwelling by floor
area
Dwelling type
(bedroom/persons)
Gross Internal Area
(m 2 )
Storage
(m 2 ) *
Flats
Studio/Bedsit **
32.5
1.5
1b2p
50
2.0
2b3p
61
2.5
2b4p
70
3.0
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