40Housing for older people or people with disabilities

40 Housing for older people or people with disabilities

40 Housing for older people or people with disabilities

Support services—

Development for the purpose of housing for older people or people with disabilities must provide residents with adequate access to—

(a) shops, banks and other retail and commercial services that residents may reasonably require, and

(b) community services and recreation facilities, and

(c) the practice of a general medical practitioner.

Access is adequate only if—

(a) the facilities and services referred to above are located at a distance of not more than 400 metres from the site of the proposed development, or

(b) there is a transport service available to the residents who will occupy the proposed development—

(i) that is located at a distance of not more than 400 metres from the site of the proposed development, and

(ii) that will take those residents to a place that is located at a distance of not more than 400 metres from the relevant facilities or services, and

(iii) that is available both to and from the proposed development during daylight hours at least once per day from Monday to Friday (both days inclusive).

The consent authority must not consent to development for the purpose of housing for older people or people with disabilities on land that adjoins land in a locality used primarily for urban purposes unless the consent authority is satisfied, by written evidence, that residents of the proposed development will have reasonable access to—

(a) home delivered meals, and

(b) personal care and home nursing, and

(c) assistance with housework.

In deciding whether the level of access residents have to each facility and service listed above is reasonable (whether provided by the management or by an external service provider) the consent authority will consider the following—

• the type of housing proposed and the needs of the people who are most likely to occupy that type of housing, and

• whether the type or scale of housing proposed could, or may reasonably be expected to, provide some facilities and services on-site in a cost-effective manner, and