Policy information sourced from Barnet’s Local Plan Development Management Policies

DM02: Development Standards

Where appropriate, development will be expected to demonstrate compliance with the following national and Londonwide standards supported by the guidance set out in the council’s suite of Supplementary Planning Documents:

  1. By Design, the CABE urban design principles
  2. Lifetime Homes, the 16 design criteria required by the London Plan Policy 3.8
  3. Code for Sustainable Homes, the national standard for sustainable homes
  4. BREEAM, the environmental assessment method for non residential development
  5. Wheelchair accessibility, the London Plan Policy 3.8
  6. Minimum floor space, the London Plan Policy 3.5
  7. Outdoor amenity space, the Sustainable Design and Construction SPD
  8. Secured by Design, the national Police initiative
  9. Play space, the London Plan Policy 3.6.

For more information please see Barnet’s Local Plan Development Management Policies