10.5 Garages and driveways

In order to count towards parking figures, garages should be designed in accordance with the following requirements:

Garage doors must not protrude onto the street.

On tight sites, such as mews roller-shutter, sliding or inward-opening doors should be used.

Through garages may be used to enable parking within rear curtilage of the property.

Where curtilage parking is to be provided in front of the garage these must be set back a minimum of 5.5m from the pavement edge to avoid obstruction of pavement and to limit visual impact of parked cars.

A change in surface materials should be used to delineate driveways from public realm.

Driveways should be laid in a permeable material and should allow space for greenery.

Drainage from the driveway must not enter the highway, either through use of permeable paving or a channel drain across the entrance.