Access - Fire & Waste

Fire Tender Access – According to national guidance a fire tender needs to be able to get with 45m of every front door. If a house is more than 45m away from the turning head then a turning head, large enough to cater for a fire tender, at the end of the new road may be required so that a fire tender can drive to the last house and the turn round

Waste Collection –  A bin man is allowed to carry a bin for 25m so a refuse vehicle needs to be able to get within that distance of the property frontage. It may reverse 12m down the access road serving houses off a private drive. So if this access road is more than 37m (25m+12m) there needs to be a communal bin store for residents to take their rubbish to or a turning head large enough for the refuse lorry so that it can turn round at the end of the access road. A communal bin store needs to be within 30m of the houses using it.