Designing Buildings at 06:51, 24 October 2025

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−	~~#redirect~~:[[~~Lobby\|Lobby~~]]	+	Approved Document B refers to a protected lobby, which is a ‘…lobby which is adequately protected from fire in adjoining accommodation by fire-resisting construction’ and a firefighting lobby, which is ‘…a protected lobby providing access from a firefighting stair to the accommodation area and to the associated firefighting lift’.
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		+	[https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-safety-risk-assessment-small-and-medium-places-of-assembly Fire safety risk assessment: small and medium places of assembly], published by HM government in 2006 and updated in 2024, defines a protected lobby as: ‘A fire-resisting enclosure providing access to an escape stairway via two sets of fire doors and into which no room opens other than toilets and lifts.’
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		+	Approved Document B refers to as a firefighting lobby as, '...a protected lobby providing access from a firefighting stair to the accommodation area and to any associated firefighting lift’.
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		+	= Related articles on Designing Buildings =
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		+	* Ancillary area.
		+	* Approved Document B.
		+	* Approved Document M.
		+	* Corridor.
		+	* Firefighting lobby.
		+	* Firefighting shaft.
		+	* Landings in buildings.
		+	* Lobby.
		+	* Protected escape route.
		+	* Protected stairway.
		+	* Workplace definition.
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		+	[[Category:DCN_Definition]] [[Category:Definitions]] [[Category:Building_safety]]

Designing Buildings: Redirected page to Lobby

2017-06-15T07:39:13Z

Redirected page to Lobby

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