New homes do not have to be "lifetime" homes from what I have seen. However, if it does have to be, here is some guidance I found:

6 The width of the doorways and
hallways should conform to the
specifications in the next column.
Doorway clear
opening width (mm)
Corridor/ passageway
width (mm)
750 or wider 900 (when approach is
head- on)
750 1200 (when approach is
not head- on)
775 1050 (when approach is
not head- on)
900 900 (when approach is not
head- on)
The clear opening width of the front door should
be 800mm. There should be 300mm to the side
of the leading edge of doors on the entrance
level.

7 There should be space for
turning a wheelchair in dining
areas and living rooms and
adequate circulation space for
wheelchair users elsewhere.
A turning circle of 1500mm diameter or a
1700x1400mm ellipse is required.

It's not technically a self build.
It's a new development but I've had the house designed and the company that owns the land pays the builder. I pay 10% of the overall cost upfront and then the rest on completion

You can rip up the ramp and stuff wheel chair access as soon as its in the owners posession afaik. Thats what people did when I worked onsite. Is it your house? Self build?

No its a new build house so first kitchen.

I think its in the rules, even though no one living there has a wheel chair. Same goes for you now need an access ramp into the house.

I'm trying to design it online and get a rough price before I go into a showroom to get it done properly

[Edited on 24-02-2015 by Eddie.2k]

As in first kitchen in a new build? Or its a new built house your putting a new one in?

Bit of a random question, but generally wheelchair users need 1000mm to turn/maneuver.

What if you have no disabled people living there? Or is thos some new silly rule?

Yeah sorry should have said this is a new build

Thought all the disabled shite was only for new build houses.

Does anyone know what the minimum distance a kitchen island needs to be from walls, cupboards etc for wheel chair access etc

Ive got a 4m wide x 5m depth kitchen