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The following information is of use to developers of sites smaller than 1.5 hectares:
Supplementary Planning Guidance for the provision of outdoor recreation facilities and open space for sites under 1.5 hectares.
Charges per dwelling dependent upon the number of bedrooms
Prices effective from 1 April 2008 - 31 March 2009
Bedrooms in Dwelling:
1 - £566.00
2 - £1,132.00
3 - £1,984.00
4 - £2,830.00
5+ - £3,396.00
(Up to date rates can be obtained from the Horticultural and Countryside Manager.)
Inclusions and exceptions to the above charges
Application of the Playing Space Standard
Developments likely to be subject to playing space requirement:
- All new dwellings built on previously undeveloped sites,
- Dwelling gains resulting from redevelopment,
- Conversions, or part conversions, creating additional independent residential units with separate facilities
- Permanent permissions for mobile homes.
Developments that are not likely to be subject to the playing space requirement or elements thereof:
- Replacement dwellings (on a one for one basis),
- Extensions and annexes within the curtilage of a main property for dependent relatives,
- Very sheltered housing schemes, nursing homes, controlled hostel accommodation,
- Bedsit accommodation with shared facilities,
- Temporary permissions for mobile homes,
- Rural Exception Sites (affordable housing in villages where speculative housing would not be allowed) - Policy HS06.
For more information, you may wish to download the full Supplementary Planning Guidance (PDF, 152Kb).
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