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Designing Buildings at 07:39, 24 January 2025

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	Where the internal layout of internal partitions, fittings etc. is not known when a building regulations application is made, direct distances may be used to assess travel distances, where the direct distance is taken to b 2/3rds of the travel distance.		Where the internal layout of internal partitions, fittings etc. is not known when a building regulations application is made, direct distances may be used to assess travel distances, where the direct distance is taken to b 2/3rds of the travel distance.

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Designing Buildings at 08:07, 30 December 2020

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Designing Buildings at 13:42, 1 November 2019

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−	~~According to~~ Approved ~~Document~~ B ~~of the Building Regulations~~, 'Fire Safety', a direct distance is:	+	Approved document B, Fire Safety, Volume 2, Buildings other than dwellinghouses (2019 edition), defines 'direct distance' as:

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−	\|The shortest distance from any point within the floor area, measured within the external enclosures of the building, ~~to the nearest storey exit~~ ignoring walls, partitions and fittings, other than the enclosing walls/partitions to protected stairways.	+	\| Direct distance The shortest distance from any point within the floor area to the nearest storey exit, measured within the external enclosures of the building, and ignoring walls, partitions and fittings other than the enclosing walls and partitions to protected stairways.
	\|}		\|}

−	The 'travel distance' is the ~~actual~~ distance ~~to be travelled by~~ a person from any point within the floor area ~~of a building~~ to the nearest storey exit, ~~having regard to~~ the layout of walls, partitions and fittings.	+	The 'travel distance' is the distance that a person would travel from any point within the floor area to the nearest storey exit, determined by the layout of walls, partitions and fittings.

	Where the internal layout of internal partitions, fittings etc. is not known when a building regulations application is made, direct distances may be used to assess travel distances, where the direct distance is taken to b 2/3rds of the travel distance.		Where the internal layout of internal partitions, fittings etc. is not known when a building regulations application is made, direct distances may be used to assess travel distances, where the direct distance is taken to b 2/3rds of the travel distance.
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	{\|		{\|
−	~~\|width="100%"~~\|The shortest distance from any point within the floor area, measured within the external enclosures of the building, to the nearest storey exit ignoring walls, partitions and fittings, other than the enclosing walls/partitions to protected stairways.	+	\|The shortest distance from any point within the floor area, measured within the external enclosures of the building, to the nearest storey exit ignoring walls, partitions and fittings, other than the enclosing walls/partitions to protected stairways.
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		+	The 'travel distance' is the actual distance to be travelled by a person from any point within the floor area of a building to the nearest storey exit, having regard to the layout of walls, partitions and fittings.
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		+	Where the internal layout of internal partitions, fittings etc. is not known when a building regulations application is made, direct distances may be used to assess travel distances, where the direct distance is taken to b 2/3rds of the travel distance.

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According to Approved Document B of the Building Regulations, 'Fire Safety', a direct distance is:

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|width="100%"|The shortest distance from any point within the floor area, measured within the external enclosures of the building, to the nearest storey exit ignoring walls, partitions and fittings, other than the enclosing walls/partitions to protected stairways.
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* Approved documents.
* Approved document B.
* Building Regulations.
* Fire.

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