New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

BLUE MOUNTAINS LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 2005 - REG 113

113 Location and access to services

(1) Except as otherwise specified in clause 114 ("Self-sustained" development outside the accessible housing area), development for the purpose of accessible housing is to be located within the accessible housing area as shown on Map Panel A.

(2) Reasonable pedestrian access via a footpath or other similar and safe means is to be available from the primary pedestrian entrance of the development to--

(a) land zoned Village--Town Centre within--

(i) Blackheath, or

(ii) Katoomba, or

(iii) Leura, or

(iv) Wentworth Falls, or

(v) Lawson, or

(vi) Springwood, or

(vii) Hazelbrook, or

(viii) Blaxland, or

(b) land zoned Village--Neighbourhood Centre within--

(i) Winmalee, or

(ii) Glenbrook.

(3) In determining whether "reasonable pedestrian access" is provided between the development and the village centre in accordance with subclause (2), the consent authority is to consider whether--

(a) there is a path of travel via a sealed footpath or other similar and safe means (that is suitable for access by means of an electric wheelchair, motorised cart or the like) from the development to the village centre, and

(b) the gradient of access paths does not exceed an overall average of 1:14 over the shortest path of travel from the development to the village centre, provided that--

(i) slopes up to 1:12 do not exceed 15 metres at a time, and

(ii) slopes up to 1:10 do not exceed 5 metres at a time, and

(iii) slopes up to 1:8 do not exceed 1.5 metres at a time, and

(c) there are sufficient rest stops along the route, which should include seats or level landings.

(4) The pedestrian access shall not involve the crossing of local roads unless safe crossing conditions are provided with reference to sight distances, level crossings, pedestrian refuges and the like.

(5) Pedestrian access shall not involve the crossing of the Regional Transport Corridor unless there is--

(a) a bridge or subway providing pedestrian access, or

(b) a signalised crossing with auditory devices provided.

(6) Should a development not provide reasonable pedestrian access in accordance with subclause (3), residents are to have reasonable access to--

(a) transport that, in the opinion of the consent authority, is reasonably affordable private transport, which provides regular access from the site of the development to at least one of the village centres listed in subclause (2), and that is readily accessible to people with a disability or impaired mobility, or

(b) regular public transport that operates at least 5 days per week averaging at least a two-hourly service between the hours of 9am and 5pm for those days and that provides access to at least one of the villages listed in subclause (2), access to which is within 400 metres of the proposed development.