98Access to land from a public road

98 Access to land from a public road

98 Access to land from a public road

(1) Consent shall not be granted to the carrying out of development (other than development that, in the opinion of the consent authority, will be of a temporary nature) that requires vehicular access unless provision has been made for legally constituted access onto the land from a public road.

(2) Development that requires vehicular access to a site shall ensure that—

(a) access is available from a stable, all weather vehicular access road to a standard satisfactory to the consent authority, and

(b) the access road is designed to minimise grades and to suit contours, thereby minimising erosion, and

(c) the access road is not located on slopes in excess of 33 per cent, unless no other alternative is available, and

(d) the access road is adequate and appropriate to cater for the proposed development taking into account—

(i) the volume of traffic to be generated by the proposed development, and

(ii) the use and enjoyment of that access road by adjoining properties where that access road, whether existing or proposed, is shared with those adjoining properties.