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Appendix 6: Car Parks Checklist

A6. Car parking areas are vulnerable to the theft from and of cars. The fear of other crimes including muggings and physical assault within car parks and on footpaths leading to car parks is common amongst vulnerable sections of the community, including the disabled, women and the elderly. Developers are expected to take account of the following:

Multi-storey and Surface Car Parks
  • The design minimises the opportunities for concealment and maximises natural surveillance from passing vehicles.
Footpaths
  • Footpaths are well defined and readily accessible from parking bays.
  • Footpaths are broad with no opportunities for concealment and provide direct routes to the buildings or facilities they serve.
  • Footpaths to public car parks are signposted and well lit.
  • Escape routes from the footpaths are provided.
Natural Surveillance
  • The car park is readily visible from nearby buildings and from well-used pedestrian and vehicular routes.
  • The boundary treatment of the car park allows views into it from well-used pedestrian and vehicular routes.
  • The layout avoids the creation of numerous culs-de-sac aisles and allows for surveillance from passing cars.
Security Measures
  • Private car parks are gated and locked to prevent access at night.
Landscape Design
  • Planting within a surface car park is low-level and thorny to avoid the potential for concealment and maintains the effectiveness of lighting and CCTV cameras.
Lighting
  • The car park is well lit and light pollution minimised.
Secured Car Parks
  • The design principles that would lead to a Police "Secured Car Park Award" have been followed.
   
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