DD 266 is a Draft for Development that gives recommendations for the design of new or refurbished general needs housing, whether in the form of flats or individual houses. It covers car parking (both on-plot and communal), access routes to dwellings, and entrances and circulation routes, including lifts. It also includes recommendations on electrical, sanitary, heating and ventilation services, windows, doors and related hardware, and the provision of key rooms and spaces, particularly WC, bathroom, kitchen and storage facilities.
DD 266 explains how, by following the principles of inclusive design, general needs housing (whether newly built or to be converted or refurbished) can be made sufficiently flexible and convenient to meet the existing and changing needs of most households, and so give disabled and older people more choice over where they live.