Revised Guidance on Housing Provision for Elderly

Housing and planning minister Brandon Lewis has unveiled revised planning guidance which requires councils to take better account of the needs of older residents when planning new homes in their area. The guidance stresses that councils should ensure a wide range of different properties are built in their area to meet the diverse housing needs of people as they get older - including bungalows. Where local planning authorities do not consider it appropriate to allocate such sites, they should ensure that there are sufficiently robust criteria in place to set out when such homes will be permitted. This might be supplemented by setting appropriate targets for the number of these homes to be built. Read more on the Planning Portal.