Design Guidance

General

Approved Document Part M (2004 Edition).

Islington’s Inclusive Design Information Sheets.

To download these documents, click on the link under Downloadable Documents at the bottom of this page.

BS 8300:2001 - Design of buildings and their approaches to meet the needs of disabled people: Code of Practice from British Standards Institution.

Pedestrian and Transport Infrastructure

Inclusive Mobility - A Guide to Best Practice on Access to Pedestrian and Transport Infrastructure.

To download this document, click on the link under Downloadable Documents at the bottom of this page.

Islington Streetbook: an online copy of this borough-wide streetscape manual is available on this website. To view it, click the Design and Conservation link under Related Information. You can also obtain a hard copy from the Islington Planning Department. Contact details for the department are available at the bottom of this page.

Housing

• Islington’s Interim Planning Guidance Note; Accessible Housing (available to download under Downloadable Documents at the bottom of this page).
  
  
• Meeting Part M and designing Lifetime Homes - from Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
  For further details, click on the Joseph Rowntree link under Useful Websites on the right-hand side of this page.
  
  
• Habinteg Housing Association’s Wheelchair housing design guide (second edition).
  For further details, click on the Habinteg – Wheelchair Housing Design Guide link under Useful Websites on the right-hand side of this page.
  
  
• Greater London Authority’s Supplementary Planning Guidance Good Practice Guidance and Case Studies.
  For further details, click on the GLA - Achieving Inclusive Environments link under Useful Websites on the right-hand side of this page.
  
  
• Housing Corporation 'Scheme Development Standards' from Housing Corporation.
  For further details, click on the Housing Corporation link under Useful Websites on the right-hand side of this page.
  

Means of Escape

BS5588 Part 8 (1999) - Fire precautions in the Design, Construction and Use of Buildings: Code of Practice for means of escape for disabled people.

Further advice

The council's Access officers are available to provide advice on legislation, policies and good practice. Contact Emma Luddington or Clare Goodridge, in the Planning Policy and Projects Team.

Emma Luddington
Email: emma.luddington@islington.gov.uk

Clare Goodridge
Email: clare.goodridge@islington.gov.uk

Phone: 020 7527 2394
Fax: 020 7527 2731