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    • 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)

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