Physical planning: Markets, schools, houses without parking spaces

Lagos Mainland area, where buildings are erected without parking spaces PHOTO: VICTOR GBONEGUN over utter disregard for the regulations by developers and property owners.

For commercial outlets, it further stated that parking provision for such development shall be one car park for every 60 square metres of the total lettable floor area; places of assembly, auditorium, conference, and event centres shall provide one parking space for every 10 square metres of usable floor space or in accordance with the development plan and its approval order.

The Guardian investigation shows that cases abound in Lagos Mainland, especially Yaba and Ebute Metta axis. A visit last week revealed new buildings springing up in places such as Ibadan Street, Jebba Street, Ondo by Macauley Street, Sawyer Street, Mc Cullum and Akintoye Street, among others without provisions for car parks.

Town planning professionals observe that the approving authority needs to look beyond the usual granting of approvals to regular inspections during construction and monitor post-construction to ensure that the established regulations are followed. Oshodi said: “Some of the new developments follow the traditional development pattern they met. If a new development is coming, taking into consideration the existing pattern, what we may have is more of modernisation of the building, not necessarily reconfiguration of the neighbourhood.”

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