Australian Disabled Access Consultants successfully negotiated disabled access for a retirement village housing estate at Kincumber by Living Choice Australia, and designed by Cardno (NSW/ACT) for two new villa home self-contained dwellings with ground level lock-up garages and attached rear private courtyard.

Australian Disabled Access Consultants disabled access assessment report assessed the Cardno (NSW/ACT) concept design drawings and design statement for State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing for Seniors & People with Disabilities) 2004 and Australian Standards AS4299, AS1428.1 and AS1428.2 disabled access and wheelchair access design guidelines.

The project designer, Cardno (NSW/ACT), provided disabled access and wheelchair access within the design of both retirement village villa home dwellings for:

  • continuous safe pathways of travel between the estate’s internal roadway to each villa home’s front entry doorways
  • continuous safe paths of travel within each villa home’s external areas
  • villa home entries
  • doorway widths and corridor widths
  • wheelchair access
  • combined sanitary facility and visitable toilet facilities
  • floor-ceiling heights along all movement pathways
  • kitchen design layout and furniture fit-out
  • living room and dining room layout
  • laundry room layout
  • private courtyards
  • garage parking arrangements.
Australian Disabled Access Consultants disabled access assessment report for the development application ensured compliance with: 
  • the guiding principles of the Disabilities Discrimination Act
  • State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing for Seniors & People with Disabilities) 2004
  • Australian Standards AS4299, AS1428.1 and AS1428.2 disabled access and wheelchair access design guidelines.
Australian Disabled Access Consultants said, “Australian Disabled Access Consultants fully supports the Cardno (NSW/ACT) housing self contained dwellings concept where it complies with our disabled access and wheelchair access recommendations support the Australian Disability Discrimination Act."

Australian Disabled Access Consultants disabled access assessment report for the Australian Disabled Access Consultants CED Building Design development application ensured compliance with: 

  • the guiding principles of the Disabilities Discrimination Act
  • State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing for Seniors & People with Disabilities) 2004
  • Baulkham Hills Shire Council’s Development Control Plan disabled access and wheelchair access design guidelines for adaptable housing development within the Glenhaven locality
  • Australian Standards AS4299, AS1428.1, AS1428.2 and AS2890.1 disabled access and wheelchair access building and parking design guidelines.