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* This minimum baseline requirement derives from the Mayor’s Housing SPG, and in most circumstances will need to be supplemented by additional private garden space to satisfy other policy requirements/design considerations. The amount and form of provision should respond to the physical context, respecting the established local character and pattern of building, public space, landscape & topography. This provision should therefore seek to preserve the established urban grain, and by providing a relationship between the proposed development and neighbouring buildings and spaces, safeguard the privacy and amenity of existing and future occupants. Typically this would equate to an area of 50 sq. m of private garden space per house. This space must be fit for purpose, genuinely private, screened from roads and not permanently overshadowed. Narrow, unusable areas and leftover strips adjacent to parking areas should not count towards this provision requirement. In respect of strategic development some of this additional provision may be substituted by Public Open Space provision.

** This minimum baseline requirement derives from the Mayor’s Housing SPG. This will typically take the form of private balcony areas for upper floor units and private garden areas for ground floor units. In addition communal provision should also be provided of a sufficient size to accommodate the need for recreation and landscaping. The amount and form of provision should respond to the physical context, respecting the established local character and pattern of building, public space, landscape & topography. This provision should therefore seek to preserve the established urban grain, and by providing a relationship between the proposed development and neighbouring buildings and spaces, safeguard the privacy and amenity of existing and future occupants. Typically this would equate to an area of 15 sq. m per flat. This space must be fit for purpose, genuinely private, screened from roads and not permanently overshadowed. Narrow, unusable areas and leftover strips adjacent to parking areas should not count towards this provision requirement. For smaller schemes such provision may also offset the need for additional child play space. Roof space should where possible also be maximised.

*** This standard derives from the Council’s Green Space Strategy. Public Open Space provision should be determined, having regard to the borough target of 19.5 sq. m. per person, the amount of Private and Communal garden space proposed beyond the baseline standard, and the overall site area. Typically, for those developments, which make a high level of provision of private/communal garden space beyond the baseline standards, additional Public Open Space provision may not be required. Where planned garden space provision is low, provision will be sought on site where space allows, or via a financial contribution where space is constrained. Onsite provision will be prioritised in areas of deficiency. Reference in this regard should be made to the deficiency mapping provided in the Policies Map Booklet. In addition where existing Public Open Space exists in an area, but is already intensively used exceeding its capacity, the creation of new space may be preferable to securing further contributions. Typically strategic developments will have greatest potential to accommodate new Public Open Space onsite.

**** This standard derives from the London Plan and Children and Young People’s Play and Informal Recreation SPG. This provision standard should also be informed by the amount of Private and Communal garden space proposed, and the form/arrangement of this space. Where the upper level of provision is achieved in respect of private gardens for each individual house, or in respect of communal space for flatted development, separate child play space provision may not be required. In respect of larger developments separate provision onsite may be desirable, although this may substitute any enhanced private/communal garden space provision beyond the baseline standard. Occupancy levels should be calculated based on the methodology outlined in the Mayor’s SPG ‘Draft Shaping Neighbourhoods: Children & Young People’s Play and Informal Recreation (February 2012).

***** This standard derives from the Council’s ‘Sports Facility Strategy 2012 to 2021’, and in light of further revisions to this, supersedes the requirement in policy 5.6 of the Development (or Core) Strategy. In some instances the provision of outdoor space for sports may be accommodated within any new public open space provision