Assembly and recreation definition

Approved document B, Fire Safety, Volume 2 – Buildings other than dwellinghouses, includes classifications of purpose groups for which buildings or compartments of a building are intended to be used.

It defines 'assembly and recreation' as a:

Place of assembly, entertainment or recreation, including any of the following:

• bingo halls, broadcasting, recording and film studios open to the public, casinos, dance halls
• entertainment, conference, exhibition and leisure centres
• funfairs and amusement arcades
• museums and art galleries, non-residential clubs, theatres, cinemas, concert halls
• educational establishments, dancing schools, gymnasia, swimming pool buildings, riding schools, skating rinks, sports pavilions, sports stadia
• law courts
• churches and other buildings of worship, crematoria
• libraries open to the public, non-residential day centres, clinics, health centres and surgeries
• passenger stations and termini for air, rail, road or sea travel
• public toilets
• zoos and menageries.

[edit] Related articles on Designing Buildings Wiki

• Approved document B.
• Purpose group.
• Types of building.
• Use class.