Accessible
The building regulations, set out legal requirements for specific aspects of building design and construction. A series of approved documents provide general guidance about how different aspects of building design and construction can comply with the building regulations.
Approved document M provides guidance for satisfying Part M of the building regulations: Access to and use of buildings, which requires the inclusive provision of ease of access to, and circulation within, buildings, together with requirements for facilities for people with disabilities.
Approved document M, Volume 2: Buildings other than dwellings, suggests that the word ‘accessible’ with regards to buildings or parts of buildings means:
‘…that people, regardless of disability, age or gender are able to gain access.’
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