Minimum Space Standards return for EP projects
English Partnerships’ standards were revised in November, reintroducing minimum space standards for new homes on their sites. These standards go beyond the old Parker Morris standards of the 1960’s (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_Morris_Committee). New housing projects for English Partnerships’ sites will require dwellings to be a minimum of 51m2 for a 1 bed, rising to a minimum of 106m2 for a 4 bed (6 person) home.
England and Wales are the only countries in Europe with no minimum space standards for new housing.
The vast majority of private and public sector schemes we undertake will not require these standards but there is some useful design guidance on layout, storage etc on this imaginatively-titled website: www.swingacat.info
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