Policy information sourced from the Hounslow Local Plan Part 1
SC3 - MEETING THE NEED FOR A MIX OF HOUSING SIZE AND TYPE
Our approach
We will seek to meet local housing need by securing a mix of new housing type, size and tenure across the borough.
We will achieve this by
- Seeking a mix of new housing to meet objectively assessed and evidenced local need, based on the latest and/or most specific available evidence, and applying the general housing need mix requirements summarised in Figure SC3.1;
- Negotiating the housing mix requirements using the mix summarised in Figure SC 3.1 as the starting point for the consideration of all housing proposals, whether achieved through change of use, conversion or new development;
- Using this mix as the basis of monitoring new development across the borough and in local areas, and possibly adjusting site mix requirements in the light of the results of this evidenced monitoring;
- Promoting and supporting appropriate specialist housing to meet specific affordable housing needs, including sites for groups of people wishing to build their own home; and
- Recognising that new housing development completed each year is a relatively small part of the total housing stock in the borough, which will be adapted to meet housing needs with and without the need for express planning permission. Trends in the subdivision and change to the existing housing stock will be monitored, and aspects of these changes will be managed were necessary to help best meet housing need.
We will expect development proposals to
- Provide a mix of new housing as summarised in the Figure SC 3.1, unless otherwise agreed with the council on the basis of evidence;
- Include a schedule of housing accommodation size and tenure; and
- Provide a unit of family accommodation at ground floor or with direct access to the external amenity space where sub-division of large family houses (>130sqm ‘original’ floor area) is proposed.
For more information please see the Hounslow Local Plan Part 1