Canterbury City Council has introduced a new Development Control Plan (DCP) to improve access and mobility for residents with a disability.
Located southwest of Sydney’s CBD, Cantebury has over 130,000 residents.
Mayor Robert Furolo said that through the plan Council is committed to improving and promoting access and mobility for residents with a disability.
“The plan will also help to raise public awareness and understanding of access and mobility issues faced by people with a disability,” he said.
Mayor Furolo hopes the plan will add to programs already in place to help with accessibility around the area.
“We’ve been improving disability access to Council facilities like our childcare centres and we’re also conducting an audit of public transport infrastructure like bus shelters to ensure they are suitable,” he said.
Just under 20 per cent of the residents in Canterbury have a disability and 12 per cent of the population have a mobility restriction.
The plan applies to new developments as well as changes to existing developments, including business premises, health consulting rooms, recreational areas, bus stops and interchanges and places of shared accommodation.
The new DCP aims to:
- provide appropriate levels
of access and mobility for
new developments, upgrades
to existing buildings,
common space areas
linking buildings within
the built environment,
internal fitout and public
open space areas - provide an appropriate
supply of car parking spaces
for the use of people with
disabilities - increase awareness of the
requirements and
responsibilities of the
Disability Discrimination
Act 1992 - raise public awareness and
understanding of access and
mobility issues.
The plan came into effect in March 2010.
For further information contact Council’s Disability Worker, Roy Gaskin, on
(02) 9789 9432.
