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This policy requires all new dwellings and conversions to meet the nationally described technical housing standards for minimum internal space. These standards cover the overall floor area of a home for a given number of occupants, as well as the size of bedrooms, storage space and floor to ceiling height. The standards already apply in the former Wycombe district area, and the plan's evidence will test the viability of applying them across the whole of Buckinghamshire.
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E1 Space standards
BE1: Space standards
5. All new dwellings and conversions will be required to meet up-to-date nationally described technical housing standards for minimum internal space requirements.
7.399 These standards deal with internal space within new dwellings and are suitable for application across all tenures. It sets out requirements for the Gross Internal (floor) Area of new dwellings at a defined level of occupancy as well as floor areas and dimensions for key parts of the home, notably bedrooms, storage and floor to ceiling height.
7.400 These standards are already in place in the legacy Wycombe district area and the viability of their implementation across Buckinghamshire will be tested through the evidence for the plan.
7.401 The current standards are set out in Appendix O.
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