London mayor Boris Johnson is set to backtrack from a threat to ban all new homes from having windows in only one wall after uproar from housebuilders over the impact on build costs
Last summer Johnson issued a consultation on space standards for new homes that included plans to outlaw 鈥渟ingle aspect鈥� housing through the planning system, in order to stop the construction of tiny flats he called 鈥渉obbit homes鈥�.
A study by consultants Savills and EC Harris said Johnson鈥檚 standard could cost builders 拢37,500 a unit, because of changes it would force to layouts, thereby making many sites unviable.
黑洞社区 understands the final policy, earmarked for release in June, will allow the construction of single aspect housing in most circumstances.
Yolande Barnes, director of research at Savills, said: 鈥淭his move is welcome. Some have said it could have made 50% of London sites undevelopable; some sites would have been completely scuppered.鈥�
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