1.      that the proposed changes to the Design Guide be noted and that the revised Design Guide be adopted as technical guidance for development management purposes.

2.      To authorise the Director of Regeneration and Business Support, in consultation with the Executive Member for Sustainable Communities – Strategic Planning and Economic Development, to make any minor amendments to the revised Design Guide prior to publication.

3.      To authorise the Director of Regeneration and Business Support, in consultation with the Executive Member for Sustainable Communities -  Strategic Planning and Economic Development, to alter the internal space standards set out in the revised Central Bedfordshire Design Guide paragraph 5.05 to take account of the national standards to be issued by the Government in response to the Housing Standards Review 2013; providing that they are not lower than 25% of the current standards.