Separated part of a building
Approved document B, Fire Safety, Volume 2, Buildings other than dwellinghouses (2019 edition), defines a separated part (of a building) as:
'Part of a building that is separated from another part of the same building by a compartment wall. The wall runs the full height of the part and is in one vertical plane. (See Appendix D, Diagram D5.)'
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