Policy information sourced from Hammersmith & Fulham Planning Guidance
DA4 Public realm and open spaces
Where new public and open spaces/areas are created or enhanced, planning applications should indicate how the interests of disabled people are to be protected:
- How access to public space and walking routes will be enhanced.
- Where pavement or open air dining is proposed, loose or movable furniture and tables should be confined to areas around which there is a rail, planter or other form of visual guarding whose lower part is rigid enough to be detectable with a long cane up to height of between 150mm and 300mm above ground.
- Bollards in a public space should be a minimum of 1000mm high, and be in a contrasting colour or texture to paving or a have a high visibility collar.
- Where public seating is provided in public space, it should have:
- A seating surface 450 - 470mm high, heel space underneath and central or end of seat arms to help people to rise, and
- at one end, a hard surfaced draw back space for a wheelchair user or a buggy to stand on.
For more information please see the Hammersmith & Fulham Planning Guidance