Policy information sourced from the Croydon Local Plan
DM1: Housing Choice for Sustainable Communities
DM1.1:
The Council will seek to enable housing choice for sustainable communities by requiring the minimum provision of homes designed with 3 or more bedrooms on sites of 10 or more dwellings as shown in Table 4.1, except:
- Where there is agreement with the associated affordable housing provider that three or more bedroom dwellings are neither viable nor needed as part of the affordable housing element of any proposal, or;
- Within three years of the adoption of this plan, where a viability assessment demonstrates that larger homes would not be viable, an element may be substituted by two bedroom, four person homes complying with the floor space specification of national Technical Standards or the London Mayor’s Housing Supplementary Planning Guidance or equivalent.
DM1.2:
The Council will permit the redevelopment of the residential units where it does not result in the net loss of 3 bedroom homes (as originally built) or the loss of homes smaller than 130m.
| Setting | PTAL of 0, 1a, 1b, 2 or 3 | PTAL of 4, 5, 6a or 6b |
|---|---|---|
| Suburban – areas with predominantly lower density development such as, for example, detached and semi-detached houses, predominantly residential, small building footprints and typically 2 to 3 storeys | 70% | 60% |
| Urban – areas with predominantly dense development such as, for example, terraced houses, mansion blocks, a mix of different uses, medium building footprints and typically buildings of 2 to 4 storeys, located within 800 metres walking distance of a District Centre or along main arterial routes | 60% | 40% |
| Central – areas with very dense development, a mix of different uses, large building footprints and typically buildings of 4 to 6 storeys, located within 800 metres walking distance of Croydon Metropolitan Centre | This location does not exist in Croydon | 20% (minimum of 5% in Retail Core area of Croydon Opportunity Area and 10% in ‘New Town’ and East Croydon as defined by the Croydon Opportunity Area Planning Framework) |
For more information please see the Local Plan