Replacement Calderdale UDP : Adopted 25 August 2006 (as amended August 2009)

Replacement Calderdale UDP : Adopted 25 August 2006

• Foreword
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Calderdale in Context
• Strategic and Core Part One Policies
• 3 Guiding Principles and Key Themes
• 4 Employment, The Economy, Tourism and Regeneration
• 5 Housing
• 6 Retailing and Town Centres
• 7 Open Space, Sport and Recreation Facilities
• 8 The Built and Historic Environment
  • The Contribution of Design to the Quality of the Built Environment
  • Piecemeal Development
  • General Design Criteria
  • Privacy, Daylighting and Amenity Space in New Development
  • Landscaping of New Development
  • Safety and Security Considerations within New Developments
  • Design and Layout of Highways and Accesses in New Development
  • Provision of Safe Pedestrian Environments in New Development
  • CCTV and Area Lighting Schemes
  • Access and the Provision of Public Conveniences and Baby Changing Facilities in New Development
  • Art in Public Places
  • Telecommunications Development
  • Advertisements
  • The Historic Built Environment
• 9 Transport
• 10 Infrastructure, Education and Community Facilities
• 11 Natural Environment and the Countryside
• 12 Environmental Protection
• 13 Minerals
• 14 Waste Management
• 15 Monitoring and Review of the Plan
• Annex A Privacy, Daylighting and Amenity Space
• Annex B Trees On or Adjacent to Development Sites
• Appendix 1 National Planning Policy
• Appendix 2 National Minerals Policy
• Appendix 3 Supporting Published Documents
• Appendix 4 Glossary of Terms
• Appendix 5 Acronyms and Abbreviations
• Appendix 6 Policy Topic Index
• Appendix 7 Policy Number Comparison
• Appendix 8 Supplementary Maps

Access and the Provision of Public Conveniences and Baby Changing Facilities in New Development

8.24 The Council is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for all including securing a more accessible environment for everyone including people with disabilities. In addition the Council seeks to ensure that facilities for use by the general public and those with mobility difficulties or special needs, including toilets, baby changing facilities and other design features including ramps and dropped kerbs are provided in publicly accessible buildings and areas. The Disability Discrimination Act, (1995) requires those providing goods, facilities, or services to the public to provide access and facilities for people with disabilities of the same standard as those provided for able bodied persons.

8.25 Many issues concerning access are covered by Building Regulations legislation, notably the construction of new buildings, and the Plan does not seek to duplicate these provisions. However, it is important that developers, in formulating development proposals for buildings where a service is being provided e.g. shops, community and health facilities, places of entertainment, places of work, should consider the needs of disabled people and those with special needs at an early stage in the design process. This is particularly important for proposals for the change of use or extension of existing buildings where Building Regulations may not adequately take account of access issues. The Council will also encourage appropriate access and provision for people with disabilities within existing buildings, in areas of informal open space and recreational areas, on public rights of way and in the open countryside. Accordingly:-

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