New Legislation of Changing Places Toilets
Amendments to the Approved Documents M: Access to and use of buildings Volume 2 – 2015 edition
Changes to Building Regulations for Changing Places Toilets from January 2021.
In addition to our recent posts, the latest official Announcement on the amendments to the Approved Document M can be seen below and downloaded below. These amendments will be incorporated in the online version of the Approved Doc M Volume 2 in Jan 2021 and hard copies will need updating.
The changes below take effect for use in England, and the amendments do not apply where a building notice or an initial notice been given to or full planes deposited with a Local Authority and either (a) the building work to which it relates has started before that day or is started within the period of 2 months beginning on that day.
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At least one changing places toilet is to be provided in the following:
1. Assembly, recreation and entertainment buildings (see note) with a capacity for 350 or more people; or a collection of smaller buildings associated with a site used for assembly, recreation or entertainment, such as zoos, theme parks and venues for sport and exhibitions, with a capacity of 2000 people or more;
2. Shopping centres/malls or retail parks with a gross floor area of 30,000m2 or more;
3. Retail premises with a gross floor area of 2500m2 or more
4. Sport and leisure buildings with a gross floor area more than 5000m2
5. Hospitals and primary care centres
6. Crematoria and cemetery buildings
Places of assembly, recreation and entertainment can be defined as buildings such as:
Amusement Arcades
Art Galleries
Cinemas
Concert Halls
Conference Centres
Hotels that provide function, Sport or Leisure Facilities
Libraries - Open to the public
Motorway Service Areas
Museums
Places of Worship
Theatres
University - Buildings open to the public
Any other buildings or sites as defined by these thresholds, which are open to the public and used for the purpose of assembly, recreation or entertainment.
Capacities should be derived from the combined total of a building’s publicly accessible facilities. Alternatively, the capacity number may be taken as the number of fixed seats provided, if the occupants of the building will normally be seated. If the capacity of the building is not known, please refer Approved Document B, Volume 2 provides a method for estimating the capacity.
Research more on the statutory guidance from www.gov.uk
