Policy information sourced from Hammersmith & Fulham Planning Guidance
DA6 Entry into a building
Entrances to a building and to residential block entrances which are above or below street level or positioned to be level should be level or the slope should not exceed a gradient of 1 in 20 from the street, and any doorway threshold chamfer should be less than 50mm. Where this cannot be achieved there should be:
- adjustment of the internal floor level, or
- a ramped access cut into the floor slab to meet building regulations requirements, or
- a short ramp access, or
- a handrailed stair with a ramp or with an open air platform lift at least 1000mm wide x 1250mm and a 900mm wide gate, all of which should be to building regulations guidance
- Where there is a stair up to the entrance of a building, and there is the space, there should always be standard warning texture on the landing above the topmost stair to warn a blind person of the descending stair ahead, or, failing this, handrailing that leads around the landing.
- At least one of the main doorways into a service use building should have a level threshold and a door (or one door in a pair when in use on its own) that when fully open, has a clear opening width of 800mm, is lightly sprung or power-assisted, and is readily identifiable as an accessible entrance from the street.
For more information please see the Hammersmith & Fulham Planning Guidance