London to get one-person flats

摘要

Housebuilders in London are likely to be allowed to build one-person microf lats, the Greater London Authority told a public inquiry into the London Plan this week.rnTory mayor Boris Johnson is using the London Plan to introduce space standards for private homes in the capital, and had said the smallest homes allowed would be 51m2 flats with one bedroom for two people.rnHowever, Greater London Authority officials, speaking at the inquiry, said the mayor was now willing to allow a one-person one-bedroom design of 37m~2 in size.rnLes West, director of planning consultant Barton Willmore, which has been representing a consortiumrnof developers at the inquiry, said the change allowed an important element of the London development market to continue.