Housing allocations policy and scheme

17. Bedroom and bedspace entitlement

1. 17.1. The number of bedrooms required for each household is calculated in accordance with age, sex, marital status composition and the relationship of the members to one another. A separate bedroom is required for each married or cohabitating couple, for any other person aged 16 years or over, for each pair of children aged 0 to 15 years of the same sex, and for each pair of children under 10 years of the same or opposite sex. If that is not possible, he or she is counted as requiring a separate bedroom, as is any unpaired child under the age of 10 years. Additional bedroom(s) required because of a medical condition(s) will be considered as part of the medical assessment procedure.
2. 17.2. Single adults and persons aged 16 years or over will usually be allocated a bedroom with one bedspace.
3. 17.3. Appendix D gives examples of what size and type of property an applicant can usually expect to be offered.