Wheelchair accessible
Approved document M, Volume 1: Dwellings (2015 edition incorporating 2016 amendments), defines a ‘suitable tread nosing’as; ‘Nosings that conform with one of the options shown in diagram 1.2 of approved document K’
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 1: Dwellings (2015 edition incorporating 2016 amendments), defines ‘wheelchair accessible’ as a:
‘Category 3 dwelling constructed to be suitable for immediate occupation by a wheelchair user where the planning authority specifies that optional requirement M4(3)(2)(a) applies.’
Category 3 is achieved when a new dwelling provides reasonable provisions for a wheelchair user to live in the dwelling and have the ability to use any outdoor space, parking and communal facilities.
NB A ‘wheelchair adaptable’ building is a; ‘Category 3 dwelling constructed with the potential to be adapted for occupation by a wheelchair user where optional requirement M4(3)(2)(a) applies.’
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- Access and inclusion in the built environment: policy and guidance.
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- Accessibility in the built environment.
- Accessible threshold.
- Approach route.
- Approved document M.
- Changing lifestyles.
- Equality Act.
- Inclusive design.
- Localised obstruction.
- Lifetime homes.
- People with disabilities.
- Point of access.
- Types of dwelling in approved document m.
- Wheelchair adaptable.
- Wheelchair user.
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