Planning Guidance - Edinburgh Design Guidance

Managing accessibility within the built environment

Ensuring accessibility within the built environment is primarily managed through Building Standards. Section 4 of the Domestic and Non-Domestic Building standards include requirements on the accessibility of buildings. There are also requirements in planning policy on providing accessible housing and accessible public and open space. Accessibility should always be a consideration within design considerations of development. To reflect this, guidance on providing accessible building and environments has been embedded throughout the document.