Policy information sourced from Newham Local Plan 2018
H4 Protecting and Re-shaping the Existing Housing Stock
Proposals that address the following strategic principles and spatial strategy and design and technical criteria will be supported:
- Strategic Principles and Spatial Strategy:
- All housing including affordable and specialist housing, will be protected unless replaced with at least equivalent floorspace;
- The Council will specifically protect 3 bed and 4+ bed family housing; and
- De-conversion of flats and HMOs back to family dwelling houses (Use Class C3) will be supported.
- Design and Technical Criteria:Notwithstanding the above criteria, the subdivision or conversion of:
- 3+ bed housing, subject to the satisfaction of other policies, may be appropriate where proposals deliver high quality conventional housing that also enhances the street scene and:
- Are located in a town or local centres, or along those sections of quality Movement Corridors or Linear Gateways within 400m of town or local centres;
- Are located above an existing, occupied commercial unit;
- Do not have access to external private amenity; and
- Have poorly defined entrances; and
- Large family dwelling houses (4 bedroom plus), may be appropriate where all resulting new units are 4 bedroom plus family dwelling units (Use Class C3), and are accompanied by at least 45 sqm of private amenity space with a minimum width of 4m.
- 3+ bed housing, subject to the satisfaction of other policies, may be appropriate where proposals deliver high quality conventional housing that also enhances the street scene and:
For more information please see the Local Plan 2018