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Black Country Core Strategy Issue and Option Report

Representation ID: 71

Received: 15/08/2017

Respondent: City of Wolverhampton Council - Public Health and Wellbeing

Representation Summary:

Design standards should be specified that encourage smarter
and more efficient design and
development to deliver homes and
buildings that are warm, dry, energy
efficient, well ventilated, acoustically
comfortable and well-lit. The Black Country should make a statement to specify a better quality of housing beyond the current consolidated Building Regulations standards, which continue to produce examples of non-decent housing.

Full text:

Design standards should be specified that encourage smarter
and more efficient design and
development to deliver homes and
buildings that are warm, dry, energy
efficient, well ventilated, acoustically
comfortable and well-lit. The Black Country should make a statement to specify a better quality of housing beyond the current consolidated Building Regulations standards, which continue to produce examples of non-decent housing.

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