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Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Acres Land & Planning

It may be a laudable aim to strive to achieve the ‘right size of homes’ but the NDSS standards apply to all builders and therefore arguably do not need to be spelled out in Local Plans. If authorities wish to enlarge room sizes within new homes (currently some of the lowest in Europe) then they need to understand the tensions created by their parallel desire to achieve ever higher densities. Similarly, new Government requirements for 10% Biodiversity Net Gain (expressed in the SWLP) mean that greater proportions of existing sites need to be given to Biodiversity and public land – leaving private gardens ever smaller. (The policy makers within the SWLP need to examine and acknowledge the conflicts within the different policy directions).