We are delighted to have been appointed by the GLA to take a snapshot of the quality of private housing being developed in the capital. The Replacement London Plan includes a policy setting minimum residential floor areas for different dwelling types. In addition, the requirements of the Interim London Housing Design Guide will be reflected …Read More »
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London and South East housing up to ‘one-third smaller’ than minimum requirements
A new report by the HATC Ltd, supported by the Royal Institute of British Architects, today reveals how housebuilders are often building properties up to one-third smaller than the minimum requirements set out in good-practice benchmarks. The research, titled Room to Swing A Cat? reviewed the range of sizes of new flats and houses being …Read More »
Published on Monday, May 10th, 2010 at 12:48 pm
Room to Swing A Cat?
This HATC-funded piece of research investigated the amount and use of space in new dwellings in London & the South East. We measured up the plans of 90 dwellings then being marketed in London and the south-east and analysed how the space was used. This included looking at the range of dwelling sizes, how much …Read More »
Published on Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
Resident Satisfaction with Space in the Home
This report was commissioned by CABE in 2009. Written by Andrew Drury of HATC Ltd with support from Gary Welch and Nick Allen of Ipsos-MORI, it gives the results of a postal survey of 11,000 households in London and south-east probing their levels of satisfaction with the variety of aspects of the space in their …Read More »
Published on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 at 3:47 pm
Parker Morris – holy grail or wholly misguided?
If we are to build functional, adaptable homes with a long lifespan, we need internal space standards for housing based on an up-to-date, robust evidence base about how people use space in the home, says Andrew Drury. Unlike the rest of Europe, England has no national minimum dwelling space standards. England also has – and …Read More »
Published on Monday, July 14th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Housing Space Standards (GLA, 2006)
The Greater London Authority commissioned HATC to answer two questions: should the GLA set minimum dwelling sizes through their planning powers, and could they? Our report answered both those questions. You can download the report for free. It is in PDF format, so please make sure that you have a PDF reader on your computer. …Read More »
Published on Tuesday, July 25th, 2006 at 2:00 pm