Policy information sourced from the Hillingdon Local Plan: Part 1

R16 Accessibility for Elderly People, People with Disabilities, Women and Children

The local planning authority will only permit proposals for shops, business uses, services, community and other facilities open to the public if they include adequate provision for accessibility, in particular those of elderly people, people with disabilities, women and children. where appropriate to the scale and nature of the development proposed, new development should include:

  1. Safe and convenient access by public and private transport and on foot; 
  2. Safe and convenient means of physical access to all floors;
  3. Facilities for child and baby care accessible for male and female carers; and
  4. Toilets accessible to people with disabilities; and have regard to the measures set out in policies AM13 (1) - (4) and R17.

For more information please see Appendix 5 of the Local Plan: Part 1