**Document:** Disability Access Comments
**Application:** 03/00086/A — Approval in principle for the erection of a block of fifteen apartments with ground floor parking
**Decision:** Refused
**Decision Date:** 2003-06-25
**Parish:** Braddan
**Document Type:** consultation / consultation_response
**Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/73056-braddan-11-12-peel-road-apartment-outline/documents/1183714

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# 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.

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*Data sourced from the Isle of Man public planning register under the [Isle of Man Open Government Licence](https://www.gov.im/about-this-site/open-government-licence/).*
*Canonical page: https://planningportal.im/a/73056-braddan-11-12-peel-road-apartment-outline/documents/1183714*