Housing: Gardens

(asked on 1st February 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure new build properties have adequate gardens that are suitable for all homeowners.


Answered by
Rachel Maclean Portrait
Rachel Maclean
This question was answered on 9th February 2023

The National Design Guide recognises the importance of external amenity spaces. In addition, the National Model Design Code, which guides the production of local design codes, highlights that access to external private space is important for people's wellbeing and that design codes may specify the size of back gardens relative to the size or expected occupancy of the home.

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