Disability Access Comments

Disability Access Office

Planning Application Submission

03/00086/A Approval in principle for the erection of a block of fifteen apartments Douglas with ground floor parking, 11-12 Peel Road,

Apartment blocks should meet the following requirements.

• Where parking is provided, which includes provision for visitors then five percent of unassigned spaces should be designated for disabled parking.
• The ground or primary entrance level should include at least one entrance that is accessible to an unassisted wheelchair user.
• Any sanitary facilities provided which are accessible to the public should include a disabled toilet.
• All public corridors should be of sufficient width and free from obstruction as to allow a wheelchair user to pass other users of the corridor.
• The primary entrance to all apartments should be of sufficient width as to be accessible by an unassisted wheelchair user.
• Where apartments and/or parking are provided over more than one level then a lift should be provided of sufficient dimensions as to allow an unassisted wheelchair user to enter, turn around and use the controls.