The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA)
- What does it mean?
- What does "discriminate" mean?
- How does this affect businesses?
- What if an alteration costs too much?
- What is "reasonable"?
- Are listed buildings exempt?
- What if businesses have no disabled customers or employees?
- What are the risks of doing nothing?
- What should you do next?
- What is an Access Audit?
- What else should you take in to account?
- What are the advantages of compliancy with the DDA?
Are listed buildings exempt?
Listed and historic buildings, as well as conservation areas are not exempt from compliance with the DDA. Businesses which operate from listed buildings need to take specialist advice about how to remove access barriers and obtain the necessary consent prior to undertaking works.
There are restrictions on how listed buildings can be altered, but they are not exempt under the DDA. The requirement under the DDA is that the access issues are identified and possible solutions explored.
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