This guidance combines the areas required for living rooms and dining rooms, which are usually located adjacent to kitchens, to allow freedom to plan these spaces in different ways.
Terraced houses tend to combine dining, kitchen and living areas into open plan layouts and this is often considered desirable by occupants. However where terraces are being designed for specific cultural needs it may be preferable to separate the kitchen from living and dining or other combinations.
A key design outcome is to ensure that the target occupancy level (two people per bedroom), and the fittings and furniture can all be accommodated comfortably so that the occupants can carry out normal daily activities in a convenient and relaxed manner.