diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/web/bean/wcm/SandboxFactory.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/web/bean/wcm/SandboxFactory.java
index 08a3fbe6f5..70f5956695 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/web/bean/wcm/SandboxFactory.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/web/bean/wcm/SandboxFactory.java
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ public final class SandboxFactory
       // Set store permission masks
       String currentUser = Application.getCurrentUser(context).getUserName();
       permissionService.setPermission(dirRef.getStoreRef(), currentUser, PermissionService.CHANGE_PERMISSIONS, true);
+      permissionService.setPermission(dirRef.getStoreRef(), currentUser, PermissionService.READ_PERMISSIONS, true);
       permissionService.setPermission(dirRef.getStoreRef(), PermissionService.ALL_AUTHORITIES, PermissionService.READ, true);
    }
    
@@ -245,6 +246,8 @@ public final class SandboxFactory
            // give the manager change permissions permission in the staging area store
            permissionService.setPermission(dirRef.getStoreRef(), manager, 
                     PermissionService.CHANGE_PERMISSIONS, true);
+           permissionService.setPermission(dirRef.getStoreRef(), manager, 
+                   PermissionService.READ_PERMISSIONS, true);
        }
    }
    
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/web/forms/xforms/Schema2XForms.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/web/forms/xforms/Schema2XForms.java
index 8a8d8e823c..1a3c9cd9fd 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/web/forms/xforms/Schema2XForms.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/web/forms/xforms/Schema2XForms.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.jxpath.Pointer;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.apache.xerces.impl.xs.SchemaSymbols;
 import org.apache.xerces.xs.*;
 import org.chiba.xml.dom.DOMUtil;
 import org.chiba.xml.ns.NamespaceConstants;
@@ -2804,7 +2805,33 @@ public class Schema2XForms implements Serializable
                                        typeName);
          }
          final StringList lexicalPatterns = ((XSSimpleTypeDefinition)controlType).getLexicalPattern();
-         for (int i = 0; lexicalPatterns != null && i < lexicalPatterns.getLength(); i++)
+         
+         // NOTE: from glen.johnson@alfresco.com
+         // Workaround to fix issue WCM-952
+         //
+         // I added expression '&& !typeName.equals(SchemaSymbols.ATTVAL_INTEGER')
+         // onto the end of loop condition expression below.
+         //
+         // This is to stop the pattern matching constraint (using deprecated chiba:match() function)
+         // from being generated into binding elements that are linked to "xs:integer"
+         // elements (in the xform instance)
+         //
+         // If this pattern match constraint is indeed added to the binding element linked to
+         // a "xs:integer" element in the xform instance, then a value is always required
+         // for that element - even if the corresponding schema has minOccurs="0" for
+         // that element i.e. it causes a value to be required for "optional" xs:integer
+         // elements.
+         //
+         // Note that the chiba:match() function is unsupported and will be removed from Chiba
+         // in the future, so a solution enabling its complete removal will need to be found.
+         // I do not see why it has been included here. The Schema inside the xform 
+         // model should take care of most validation needs.
+         // In the past, when I have completely removed this constraint (see CHK-2333), restrictions
+         // using <xs:pattern> in the Schema fail to get enforced -
+         // Causing the failure of org.alfresco.web.forms.xforms.Schema2XFormsTest.testConstraint()
+         //
+         for (int i = 0; lexicalPatterns != null && i < lexicalPatterns.getLength()
+               && !typeName.equals(SchemaSymbols.ATTVAL_INTEGER); i++)
          {
             constraints.add("chiba:match(., '" + lexicalPatterns.item(i) + "',null)");
          }