8: Parking for those with disabilities

Principle 6

Suitable parking spaces should be provided for people with disabilities.

Non-residential development that are required to deliver 20 or more spaces should provide a minimum of 5% of their total parking spaces for people with disabilities. However, the use of these bays should be regularly monitored, and the numbers adjusted, by the re-designation of existing parking spaces, to ensure the needs of disabled people are fully met (or vice versa if there is significant over provision).

8.1 Disabled car parking spaces should be located close to the main pedestrian entrance and clearly signed. Dropped kerbs should be provided to enable access from the parking space to any pedestrian access.

8.2 Developments with a requirement to provide less than 20 spaces will be considered on a case by case basis.

8.3 Residential developments for elderly persons and other developments which are likely to be highly used by people with disabilities may require a relatively higher provision of disabled spaces and should make adequate provision for access, parking and charging of mobility vehicles.

8.4 Further guidance on provision is included in DfT's Traffic Advice Leaflet 5/95 'Parking for Disabled People' and the relevant British standard BS8300-1:2018.

8.5 Where residential developments are built to accessible standards to meet Part M of the Building Regulations, it will be expected that parking spaces will also be Building Regulations Part M compliant.