As well as providing security, bollards can also be used to define a clear route for vehicles.  This is helpful in many situations as it creates a clear designated route for vehicles which helps in directions and prevents vehicles straying from this designated route to avoid potential damage or safety issues.  A typical application is for waste amenity sites and bollards can be used to designate where lorries and other vehicles should go.

The Danger of Damage to Bollards

However, there is a problem.  Vehicles will, from time to time, hit the bollards.  If they are large vehicles this will result in damage not only to the bollard but also to the foundations.  Maintaining such bollard confined routes for large vehicles can be a costly business with lots of maintenance and repairs.

The Advantages of Bendy Bollards

The solution is to use Bendy Bollards.  These are bollards which are flexible – in the event of a collision they will bend to an angle of 90 degrees without being damaged and will return to their upright position once the weight has been removed. This means considerable savings in replacement costs.  Bendy Bollards are made up from 50% recycled rubber and 50% new rubber and have the same flexible properties as tyres.  Tyres are designed to withstand all types of impact (kerbs, potholes etc) and bendy bollards are just as resilient.

As to road safety, the flexibility of the bollards has great advantages for vulnerable road users, such as cyclists, should they become jammed between a car and the bollard, and thanks to the impact absorbing and flexible properties of the vulcanised rubber a collision at low speed will leave practically no damage to the car, whereas collisions at high or reckless speeds are repaid in a less gentle solution where maximum safety together with minimum replacement costs are desired.

Where to Get Ro-Cycle Bollards

These Bendy Bollards are known as Ro-Cycle Bollards.  They are flexible, maintenance-free and environmentally friendly.  They are available in a variety of designs, each with its own characteristics.

Bollards 2 U can offer you a presentation to show you exactly how these unique rubber/bendy bollards actually work and give you a quotation upon request.  We have much experience in installing Bendy Bollards for all sorts of applications.

Bollards are seen everywhere around the world, often to keep traffic from pedestrian areas but also to determine clear routes for vehicles, to prevent vehicle access to some areas and to provide security.  Bollards come in a variety of styles: from decorative street furniture (styled to match the surroundings) to strictly functional.  Bollards can be fixed, bendy or telescopic.

Bollards can be elegant solutions for bike parking, direction, protection and definition in construction and streetscape projects.  As well as rigid bollards there are also Bendy rubber bollards are made up from 50% recycled rubber and 50% new rubber and has the same flexible properties as a tyre.

Bollards for Your Home

As well as their use in the street and in public areas, bollards can be used to protect your home.  They can protect areas (such as lawns) from any vehicle access.  They can also protect a driveway from unauthorised parking or protect vehicles (such as caravans) on a driveway.  Such bollards can be styled to match the tone of the property they are protecting.

Types of Bollards

Standard bollards are great if you want to protect an area which will never need vehicle access.  If you want to protect areas that will need vehicle access then you should use telescopic bollards which can be retracted into the ground when access is needed (otherwise they remain securely locked above ground protecting your property).  The ultimate solution is an automatic bollard which will retract or rise automatically from a remote control which can be located in the house, garage or vehicle.

Where to Get Bollards

It’s important that you choose and install your bollards carefully.  You need to select the right strength (you don’t want a protective bollard easily smashed by an intruder).  Also, you need proper installation because even a strong bollard can be knocked over if its foundations aren’t good enough.  If you want telescopic or automatic bollards then correct installation is vital.  An example of a good supplier and installer of bollards is Bollards 2 U of Hungerford in Berkshire who have years of experience and many, many satisfied customers.

About KLP® Recycled Plastic Products

KLP® recycled plastic products have been produced by Lankhorst Recycling in Holland since 1975.  They are perfect for many outdoors applications as they are both durable and environmentally friendly.

KLP® recycled plastic products can be used instead of wood for outdoors applications such as benches, fencing, reinforced beams, jetties, pontoons, mooring posts and protection matting.  These products are made from 100% recycled plastic with no impurities such as wood.

They are environmentally friendly because as well as being totally recycled they do not leak harmful substances into the environment.  In addition, these products themselves are
completely recyclable.

KLP® recycled plastic products have all the advantages of wood but none of the disadvantages!  KLP® is easy to saw, drill, screw, nail andstaple.  It can be made in any colour to blend into the environment.  However, unlike wood it does not rot (even in water or harsh weather) or splinter, it is extremely strong, it is not flammable, it lasts much longer than wood (at least 30 years) and it never needs to be painted or maintained.

KLP® Products Outdoors

Typical outdoors applications, which are suited to recycled plastic products strength and
durability include…

• Benches and tables
• Fencing
• Decking
• Tongue and groove planking
• Bollards
• Soil consolidation (erosion protection)

KLP® Products and Water

Because KLP® products do not rot in water they are also suited to applications such as…

• Moorings and jetties
• Pontoons
• River bank protection
• Grip blocks
• Bridges

Advantages of KLP® Products

Therefore, in summary, you should consider using KLP® recycled plastic products for any
outdoors or water applications where you would normally use wood.  The advantages of KLP® are…

• It is made from 100% recycled products for sustainability
• It is itself 100% recyclable
• It is environmentally friendly and does not leach harmful substances
• It does not rot in water or harsh weather
• It is strong and durable
• It is maintenance free and does not need painting
• It is easy to saw, drill, screw, nail and staple
• It is 100% UV protected
• It does not splinter and has no knots

Buying and Using KLP® Recycled Products

Bollards2U are a major UK distributor of KLP® recycled plastic products.  We can source
any product to meet your needs within two to four weeks.  We can advise how to use this strong, durable and environmentally friendly material to meet your needs.

Uses of Canopy Structures

A canopy structure is used to cover an outdoor space giving some protection from the elements so it can be used in inclement weather.  Some examples of the uses of canopy structures are…

1. Covered walkways between (otherwise unconnected) buildings so that people can walk between them with some protection against wind, rain, cold and strong sunlight (i.e. UV protection)
2. Outdoor smoking shelters for offices, pubs and restaurants (you should remember that regulations permit that smoking shelters can be enclosed by side walls for no
   more than 50% of their perimeter)
3. Outdoor eating and drinking areas for pubs and restaurants.
4. Outdoor waiting areas (for example bus shelters)
5. Outdoor play areas for schools

Selecting & Installing a Canopy Structure

Here are some of the factors you should consider when selecting and installing a canopy structure…

Canopy Structure Strength & Durability

The structure should be strong enough and durable enough to withstand normal use (and abuse) as well as weather conditions.  It must be able to withstand impact, cold, rain, heat and UV radiation.

Canopy Structure Installation

The structure must be properly installed with adequate foundations.  The installation contractor should be able to determine the structure strength and foundations required to withstand local weather conditions (e.g. in areas of high winds).  The installation contractor should be able to perform wind calculations etc to determine needs.

Canopy Structure Extendibility

Make sure that the structure you get can be extended if necessary.  You never know when you’ll need more covered outdoor space and you don’t want the expense of replacing a perfectly good canopy if you can extend it instead.  Canopies from reputable suppliers are modular in structure so that they can be both extended and joined to other canopies.

Some of the questions you will find answered are…

• What type of bollards are needed for residential, commercial and public sector usage
• What are the advantages of KLP® Recycled Plastic Products and how it can be used to great effect
• What is the legislation governing smoking shelters and canopies

If you want any information about our products, their usage or associated legislation please call us on 01488 649898 or email us at info@bollards2u.co.uk.

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Town and Country Planning, England

The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted

Development) (Amendment) (England) Order 2010

Made – - – - 8th March 2010

Laid before Parliament 12th March 2010

Coming into force – - 6th April 2010

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 59, 60, 61(1) and 333 of

the Town and Country Planning Act 1990(a), makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and application

(1) This Order may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (England) Order 2010 and shall come into force on 6th April 2010.

(2) This Order applies in relation to England only.

Amendment of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995

“PART 32

Schools, Colleges, Universities And Hospitals

Class A

Permitted development

A The erection, extension or alteration of a school, college, university or hospital building.

Development not permitted

A.1 Development is not permitted by Class A—

• if the cumulative gross floor space of any buildings erected, extended or altered would exceed—
• 25% of the gross floor space of the original school, college, university or hospital buildings; or
• 100 square metres, whichever is the lesser;
• if any part of the development would be within five metres of a boundary of the curtilage of the premises;
• if, as a result of the development, any land used as a playing field at any time in the five years before the development commenced and remaining in this use could no longer be so used;
• if the height of any new building erected would exceed five metres;
• if the height of the building as extended or altered would exceed—
• if within ten metres of a boundary of the curtilage of the premises, five metres; or
• in all other cases, the height of the building being extended or altered;
• if the development would be within the curtilage of a listed building; or
• unless—
• in the case of school, college or university buildings, the predominant use of the existing buildings on the premises is for the provision of education;
• in the case of hospital buildings, the predominant use of the existing buildings on the premises is for the provision of any medical or health services.

Conditions

A.2 Development is permitted by Class A subject to the following conditions—

• the development must be within the curtilage of an existing school, college, university or hospital;
• the development shall only be used as part of, or for a purpose incidental to, the use of that school, college, university or hospital;
• any new building erected shall, in the case of article 1(5) land, be constructed using materials which have a similar external appearance to those used for the original school, college, university or hospital buildings; and
• any extension or alteration shall, in the case of article 1(5) land, be constructed using materials which have a similar external appearance to those used for the building being extended or altered.

Interpretation

A.3 For the purposes of Class A—

• where two or more original buildings are within the same curtilage and are used for the same institution, they are to be treated as a single original building in making any measurement; and
• “original school, college, university or hospital building” means any original building which is a school, college, university or hospital building, as the case may be, other than any building erected at any time under Class A.

Class B

Permitted development

B Development consisting of—

• the provision of a hard surface within the curtilage of any school, college, university or hospital to be used for the purposes of that school, college, university or hospital; or
• the replacement in whole or in part of such a surface.

Development not permitted

B.1 Development is not permitted by Class B if—

• the cumulative area of ground covered by a hard surface within the curtilage of the site (other than hard surfaces already existing on 6th April 2010) would exceed 50 square metres;
• as a result of the development, any land used as a playing field at any time in the five years before the development commenced and remaining in this use could no longer be so used; or
• the development would be within the curtilage of a listed building.

Conditions

B.2 Development is permitted by Class B subject to the following conditions—

• where there is a risk of groundwater contamination the hard surface shall not be made of porous materials;
• in all other cases, either—
• the hard surface shall be made of porous materials, or
• provision shall be made to direct run-off water from the hard surface to a permeable or porous area or surface within the curtilage of the institution.”

Friday 12th October – Bollards 2 U, a leading provider of smoking shelters and smoking canopies for commercial premises from pub and bars to hotels and B&B’s has recently won several new clients from the regional Business to Business Exhibition held at Newbury Racecourse.

Stuart Bichard, Managing Director of Bollards 2 U explained, “In terms of visitors to the exhibition, it was fairly quiet. However, the quality of visitors made it an exceptional return on investment for Bollards 2 U. We highlighted the commercial benefits of constructing smoking canopies and smoking shelters to maintain customer numbers.

We have worked with many licensed trade businesses that actually increased their turnover by the construction of a smoking canopy. They are easy to heat in the winter months and can ensure that pubs, restaurants and bars are not missing out on much needed trade.”

Bollards 2 U has worked with over 100 licensed premises before the introduction of the smoking ban. The company also has suitable structures for schools and attractions such as zoo’s and theme parks.

Other products in the Bollards 2 U product range include street furniture from static bollards to automatic rising bollards, through to bus and cycle shelters and street benches.

Notes to Editors

Bollards 2 U supplies and installs all its products and has worked with attractions, schools and local councils throughout the UK. Its smoking shelter and smoking canopy range of products has proved popular with pubs, clubs, restaurants and bars.

Contact Details

Stuart Bichard – 01488 64 98 98

Where will smoking be banned?

Smoking in all indoor public places. Many places – such as cinemas and public transport – have rarely permitted smoking in recent years, and so it will be places like pubs, restaurants, nightclubs and private members’ clubs that feel the biggest impact of the ban.

What are the penalties?

Smokers could be fined £50. Those in charge of “premises” could have a fine of £2500, they could also be fined £200 rising to £1000 for not displaying no smoking signs.

When will the ban come into force?

• England – July 1^st, 2007
• Scotland – March 2006
• Wales – April 2^nd, 2007
• Northern Ireland – April 30^th, 2007

With all the above in mind bollards2u can solve your problems, you must consider providing smoking shelters or canopies which offer a safe, designated smoking area for the comfort of your valued staff or customers, yet still complying with the new law.

Create the perfect smoking shelter by providing your staff with our canopy structures or purpose-built shelters for offices/business premises.

Beat the smoking ban. Public houses, hotels and restaurants are already benefiting from our smoking canopies by increasing the size of their restaurants, getting more covers and attracting new and extra business. Extending their premises without the cost and inconvenience of building an extension.

Business premises/offices – don’t lose your valued staff by not providing a safe designated smoking shelter!

Public houses, hotels and restaurants – don’t lose the trade of your smoking customers!

With this in mind, you might like to consider providing smoking shelters which offer a safe, designated smoking area for the comfort of your valued customers, yet still complying with the new law.

Create the perfect smoking shelter by providing your Customers with our canopy structures or purpose-built shelters and beat the smoking ban.

Don’t lose trade of your smoking customers.