25 ft.
(500 sq. ft.).
Date of Adoption.
Appendix No. 7 (a).
BYE-LAWS FOR OPEN SPACES AROUND NEW DWELLING-HOUSES.
Open Space in Acts under which front, extending throughout whole
Bye-laws are
framed.
line of frontage,
to be at least
Open Space at Rear of Building, exclusively belonging to it, and free from any erection above the level of the ground, except a W.C., E.C. or a privy and ashpit, extending
Aggregate
extent
laterally throughout entire width of building.
Distance across or depth of open space everywhere to be
according to height of building.
not less than
Public Health
21 ft.
160 sq. ft.
In any case
At least 10 ft.
Height 15 ft.
At least 15 ft.
Height 25 ft.
At least 20 ft.
Height 35 ft.
Height exceeding
35 ft.
At least 25 ft.
At least 25 ft.
Act, 1875, Section 157.
1890 | Local (Manches-
36 ft.
150 sq. ft.
10 it.
15 ft.
20 ft.
25 ft.
25 ft.
ter) Improve- ment Acts.
(24 ft. if street
is less than
36 ft. wide).
Model Bye-laws of
Local Government
Board.
Manchester,
200 sq. ft.
10 ft.
15 ft.
(300 sq. ft.
aggregate
extent).
20 ft.
(400 sq. ft.).
25 ft.
(500 sq. ft.),
l'ublic Healılı Act; Towns Improvement Clauses Act,
1847:
Brighton Improvement Act, 1884.
12 ft. to centre of strect, if street luid out before Local Government Acts;
15 ft. to centre, if street laid out before 1886;
18 ft. to centre, if laid out after 1886.
Limitations.
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25 ft.*
Birmingham,
1876*
18874
Public Health
150 sq. ft.*
10 ft.*
Act; Local
24 ft.t
(Birmingham)
2 storeys.
15 ft.*
3 storeys.
20 ft.*
More than
3 storeys.
Consolidation
Act, 1883.
Liverpool,
190
Public Health
Act.
150 sq. ft.
Bye-laws,
13664
Newcastle-upon-Tyr»¦ 1866
1870
1871
Newcastle
Improvement.
Acts, 1870,
1871.
30 EL. (12 ft. 6 in. froin centre of street, if street is less than 25 ft. wide, and was laid out before 1890).
One-fourth the area of ground belonging to build- ing may be at the side instend of the rear,
applies to corner houses.
5 ft. (Open Space must be equal in depth to the height of the back wall of the house, but this may include P ft. of the adjoining strect).
Height of wall between 20 and 30 ft.
10 ft.
Height of wall extending
30 ft,
15 ft.
These regulations only apply to houses, the net rateable annual value of which will not exceed £20; and when thorough venti- lation of such open is secured, or when on the re-erection of buildings within the Borough; these dimensions cannot be ad- hered to without considerable sacritice of property, they may be modified in special cases at the discretion of the Town Council.
The open space may be at the side of the house, and not in the rear, when the back of the house has a window in each storey, opening to a street not less than 9 ft. wide. Unless the open space at the rear is of an aggregate extent of 500 square feet, it niust on three sides adjoin an open space of another dwelling- honse, or adjoin a street.
These regulations do not apply to new dwelling-houses erected in a site previously occupied by a dwelling-house, unless the former house had an equal or g· cater extent of open space at the side or rear. Where the open space was less in extent than that required by the regulation, then the open space for the new house must not be les than that which previously existed. In the case of dwelling-houses built prior to 1871, and having open spaces not greater than that required by the regulation, these open spaces are never to be bulit upon, except with the approval of the corporation.
Brighton,
1836
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