Gillott, C. orcid.org/0000-0001-5706-7909, Davison, J. orcid.org/0000-0002-6191-7301 and Densley Tingley, D. orcid.org/0000-0002-2477-7629 (2022) The potential of vertical extension at the city scale. In: Lützkendorf, T., Roswag-Klinge, E., Gundlach, K., Schlez, S., Passer, A. and Habert, G., (eds.) IOP Conference Series : Earth and Environmental Science. sbe22 Berlin, 20-23 Sep 2022, Berlin, Germany. IOP Publishing
Abstract
The UK construction sector is central to the climate and housing crises and must now deliver vast amounts of residential accommodation whilst reaching net zero emissions by 2050. Housing provision through the vertical extension of existing buildings offers opportunity to achieve this, reducing embodied carbon emissions and creating more efficient high-density settlements. In England, permitted development (PD) rights allow for residential vertical extensions without the requirement for conventional planning permission. Despite this, and due to limited uptake of PD rights and a lack of existing studies, the potential for housing provision through widespread extension is unknown. This paper develops a framework to assess the ability of vertical extensions in providing housing at different scales and applies this to Sheffield, England. The generation of new dwellings through PD vertical extension could house up to 175,000 in Sheffield, with detached buildings and those in residential use being most suited to extension. PD rights favour the enlargement of existing dwellings over the generation of new residential units, potentially limiting their effectiveness in tackling the housing crisis.
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Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 The Authors. Content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0). Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI. |
Keywords: | building reuse; geographic information system (GIS); housing; permitted development; vertical extension |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Civil and Structural Engineering (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council 2280211 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 27 Sep 2022 09:18 |
Last Modified: | 27 Sep 2022 09:18 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | IOP Publishing |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1088/1755-1315/1078/1/012079 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:191177 |
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