scc valuation report fitz architects: ample land to provide disabled access according to sunderland...
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The attached valuation report states: (The proposed development is NOT RESTRICTED in terms of land as the owner has further land where the development could be moved etc. Ransom value is therefore not considered applicable.)South Tyneside Council building control department provided pre application planning advice and have stated: (South Tyneside’sBuilding Control team have strived to achieve the best possible solution that they consider to be reasonable considering the application as a whole and the SITE CONSTRAINTS.)These completely opposing statements prove the complicity of both councils involved. Constraints of the site are none other than, the cost of providing a retaining wall for this hillside development on made ground.Both councils have accepted plans that do not provide appropriate disabled access to the development contravening building regulations and the Equality Act 2010. Approved Document M precludes consideration of costs as reason not to provide reasonable provision for people with mobility issues to gain access to and use of buildings and facilities.