Access to and use of buildings: Approved Document M

SANITARY ACCOMMODATION IN BUILDINGS O N L I N E V E R S I O N M1/M3 OTHER THAN DWELLINGS h. any emergency assistance alarm Note: For specific guidance on the system has: provision of sanitary accommodation in sports buildings, refer to ‘accessible sports i. visual and audible indicators to facilities’. confirm that an emergency call has been received; 5.6 The provision of an enlarged cubicle in a separate-sex toilet washroom can be ii. a reset control reachable from a of benefit to ambulant disabled people, as wheelchair and the WC, or from well as parents with children and people the wheelchair and the shower/ (e.g. those with luggage) who need an changing seat; enlarged space. In large building iii. a signal that is distinguishable developments, separate facilities for baby visually and audibly from the changing and an enlarged unisex toilet fire alarm. incorporating an adult changing table are I. any lighting controls comply with the desirable. Changing places toilets, facilities provisions for ‘Switches and controls’, designed for individuals with complex and see 4.30; multiple impairments who may require the assistance of up to two assistants, should j. any heat emitters are either screened or be provided in addition to any wheelchair- have their exposed surfaces kept at a accessible accommodation in separate- temperature below 43°C; sex toilet washrooms, wheelchair- k. the surface finish of sanitary fittings accessible unisex toileting facilities and and grab bars contrasts visually with baby changing facilities. Further guidance background wall and floor finishes, and on layout and equipment is available from there is also visual contrast between the Changing Places Consortium campaign wall and floor finishes. website (www.changing-places.org) and by reference to guidance in section 18.6, Provision of toilet accommodation diagram 48 and Annexes F and G of BS Design considerations 8300-2:2018. 5.5 Toilet accommodation needs to be Note: For specific guidance on the provision of suitable, not only for disabled people, but sanitary accommodation in sports buildings, for all people who use the building. For refer to ‘accessible sports facilities’. disabled people, suitable toilet Provisions accommodation may take the form of a specially designed cubicle in separate-sex 5.7 The provision of toilet accommodation toilet washrooms, or a self-contained will satisfy Requirement M1or M3 if: unisex toilet. For wheelchair users, in a. where there is space for only one toilet particular, a self-contained unisex toilet is in a building, it is of a wheelchair- always the preferred option since, if accessible unisex type, but of greater necessary, a partner or carer of a different width to accommodate a standing sex can enter to give assistance. height wash basin; Wheelchair-accessible unisex toilets b. at least one wheelchair-accessible should always be provided in addition to unisex toilet is provided at each location any wheelchair-accessible accommodation in a building where sanitary facilities in separate-sex toilet washrooms. are provided for use by customers and Wheelchair-accessible unisex toilets visitors to a building, or by people should not be used for baby changing. working in the building; Attention is drawn to Approved Document T which provides guidance to meet c. at least one WC cubicle is provided in requirement T1 to facilitate the reasonable separate-sex toilet accommodation for provision of single-sex toilets in buildings use by ambulant disabled people; other than dwellings. Access to and use of buildings other than dwellings Approved Document M Volume 2 48 O N L I N E V E R S I O N