Policy information sourced from Hammersmith & Fulham Local Plan

HO4 HOUSING QUALITY AND DENSITY

Housing Quality

The council will expect all housing development to respect the local setting and context, provide a high quality residential environment, be well designed internally and externally, be energy efficient and (subject to the size of scheme) provide a good range of housing types and sizes.

All new housing must take account of the amenity of neighbours (see also Design and Conservation policies) and must be designed in accordance with London Plan internal space policies unless it can be shown that not building to those standards is justified by the circumstances of a particular site.

Ground level family housing should have access to private gardens/amenity space. Family housing on upper floors should have access to shared amenity space, children’s playspace, and/or a balcony or terrace subject to acceptable amenity and design considerations.

Housing Density

In existing residential areas, new housing will be expected to be predominantly low to medium rise consisting of developments of houses, maisonettes and flats, and modern forms of the traditional mansion block and other typologies of residential development that may be suitable for its context, with gardens and shared amenity space in street based layouts (see also Policy OS1 Parks and Open Spaces).

High density housing with limited car parking can help ensure housing output is optimised and may be appropriate in locations with high levels of public transport accessibility (PTAL 4-6) provided it is compatible with the local context and the principles of good design and is satisfactory in all other respects. Acceptable housing density will be dependent primarily on an assessment of these factors, taking account of London Plan policies and subject to public transport and highway impact and capacity.

For more information please see the Local Plan