Leisure centre car park changes at Spelthorne Leisure Centre, Knowle Green, Staines-upon-Thames

“Variation to Condition 2 (revised plans), condition 7 (soft and hard landscape) and condition 18 (car parking management plan) imposed upon planning permission 20/01486/FUL for the construction of a new leisure centre, to allow revised parking arrangements, amended location of EV charging points and other associated works to the car park.”

“The proposed height of the new barrier could prevent emergency vehicles from accessing the Leisure Centre Car Park 2. Need to ensure that there are sufficient disabled parking spaces 3. There will be 2 dedicated EV charging bays for disabled drivers…”

“The Committee agreed that officers would add an informative with regard to the barrier to ensure that either the height could be raised or the barrier fully opened to ensure that emergency vehicle would be able to access the car park if called out for an emergency.”

“The application was approved, subject to the following informative being added to the decision notice:”

“The applicant must ensure that the height-restriction barrier at the car park entrance can be adjusted to permit emergency vehicle access when necessary.”