BUILDING (PRIVATE STREETS AND ACCESS ROADS) REGULATIONS
Gazette Number:
Regulation:
6
Heading:
Width of access roads
Version Date:
30/06/1997
(1) Save as provided in paragraph (2), the width of the carriageway of every access road shall be not less than 5 m and the width of the footpath therein shall be not less than 1.6 m.
(2) Where-
(a) an access road provides or will provide access to not more than 12 separate buildings or not more than 24 flats, whether such flats are in the same building or not; and
(b) the aggregate of the areas of the floors in all the buildings or flats does not exceed 3500 m2; and
(c) spaces, to enable vehicles to pass, are provided at distances along the access road not exceeding 60 m in length,
the width of the carriageway of the access road may be not less than 2.75 m and the width of the footpath not less than 1.5 m.