FOI request (FOI229887)

Housing

Requested Fri 26 January 2018
Responded Fri 26 January 2018

Re: Freedom of Information Request to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA 2000)
 

We write to request information pursuant to the FOIA 2000.

We would therefore be grateful for you to supply the following information

 

• Internal space standards (these will most usually be the government’s published standards so I think you already have these)
• External private amenity space standards (flats)
• External private amenity space standards (houses)
• Communal private amenity space standards
• Minimum back to back distances
• Minimum side to back distances
• Separation distances to the side boundary (sometimes referred to as the ‘terracing effect’)
• Window to window distances
• Window to external amenity distances
• Car parking standards
• Cycle parking standards
• Waste storage standards
• % Lifetime Homes (M4(2))
• % Wheelchair Accessible Units (M4(3))
• Density standards (these could be minimum, maximum or a guide)
• Housing mix requirements
• Affordable housing policy
• CIL

Response

Please accept my apologies for the delay in responding

Internal space standards (these will most usually be the government’s published standards so I think you already have these)

Government’s published standards

External private amenity space standards (flats)

This is located in the Development Management Plan (2015) – Policy DM3g

http://www.planvu.co.uk/hbc2015/written/cptdm2.htm

External private amenity space standards (houses)

This is located in the Development Management Plan (2015) – Policy DM3g

http://www.planvu.co.uk/hbc2015/written/cptdm2.htm

Communal private amenity space standards

This is located in the Development Management Plan (2015) – Policy DM3g

http://www.planvu.co.uk/hbc2015/written/cptdm2.htm

Minimum back to back distances

Information not held

Minimum side to back distances

Information not held

Separation distances to the side boundary (sometimes referred to as the ‘terracing effect’)

Information not held

Window to window distances

Information not held

Window to external amenity distances

Information not held

Car parking standards

This is located in the Development Management Plan (2015) – Policy DM4d

http://www.planvu.co.uk/hbc2015/written/cptdm2.htm

East Sussex County Council has recently updated its residential parking standards, so see link below and the document located at the bottom of the decision page.

https://democracy.eastsussex.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=522

Cycle parking standards

This is located in the Development Management Plan (2015) – Policy DM4c

http://www.planvu.co.uk/hbc2015/written/cptdm2.htm

Waste storage standards

This is located in the Development Management Plan (2015) – Policy DM3b

http://www.planvu.co.uk/hbc2015/written/cptdm2.htm#part3

% Lifetime Homes (M4(2))

This is located in the Hastings Planning Strategy 2011-2028 – Policy H2d

http://www.planvu.co.uk/hbc2015/written/cpt8.htm

% Wheelchair Accessible Units (M4(3))

This is located in The Hastings Planning Strategy 2011-2028 – Policy H2e

http://www.planvu.co.uk/hbc2015/written/cpt8.htm

Density standards (these could be minimum, maximum or a guide)

This is located in The Hastings Planning Strategy 2011-2028 - Policy H1

http://www.planvu.co.uk/hbc2015/written/cpt8.htm

Housing mix requirements

This is located in The Hastings Planning Strategy 2011-2028 – Policy H2

http://www.planvu.co.uk/hbc2015/written/cpt8.htm

Affordable housing policy

This is located in The Hastings Planning Strategy 2011-2028 – Policy H3: Provision of Affordable Housing

http://www.planvu.co.uk/hbc2015/written/cpt8.htm

CIL

Information not held (We do not charge CIL)