Epping Forest - DM10 Housing Design and Quality

DM10 Housing Design and Quality

All new housing development is required to meet or exceed the minimum internal space standards set out in the latest Nationally Described Space Standards and should have regard to open space standards, as adopted or endorsed by the Council.
Ground floor family housing must provide access to private garden/amenity space, and family housing on upper floors should have access to a balcony and/or terrace of a usable size, subject to acceptable amenity, privacy and design considerations, or to shared communal amenity space and children’s play space.
Where appropriate development proposals should seek to include enhanced provision of green infrastructure, including the quantity and quality of landscaped areas, trees and additional open space as required by Policies DM5 and DM6.
Mixed tenure residential development proposals will generally be expected to be designed to be ‘tenure blind’ to ensure homes across tenures are indistinguishable from one another in terms of their character and appearance, including the quality of their design, the space standards applied and the building materials used.