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Access statements

Providing public disabled access for buildings is a legal requirement.

This is required under the Disability Discrimination Act with an access statement required to be submitted with all planning and building regulation applications.

Access statements outline how access will be provided for Disabled people when alterations to buildings or new building work are proposed as part of these kinds of applications.

These documents must be included as part of any planning or building regulation applications or the application will not be registered and no will be action taken until a valid statement is provided.

The statements are also useful to assist with the planning of a range of works to buildings and services.

For further information on how to prepare an access statement please use the following links where each document is followed by a text only version:

For further information or if require this information in an alternative format contact our Access Officer for Disabled People on 01934 634 989.

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