England · Statutory guidance
Access to and use of buildings: Approved Document M
Accessibility guidance for dwellings and buildings other than dwellings. The linked PDF is Volume 2.
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- PDF: Volume 2, 2015 edition incorporating 2020 and 2024 amendments
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AccessibilityAnthropometry & ergonomics
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SANITARY ACCOMMODATION IN BUILDINGS
O N L I N E V E R S I O N
M1/M3
OTHER THAN DWELLINGS
Diagram 22 An example of a self-contained changing room for individual use
Provisions c. in communal shower facilities and
changing facilities, they are provided
5.18 Wheelchair-accessible changing and
with subdivisions that have the same
shower facilities will satisfy Requirement
configuration of space and equipment
M1 or M3 if:
as for self-contained facilities but
For changing and shower facilities
without doors;
a. a choice of layouts suitable for left-hand
d. in sports facilities, individual self-
and right-hand transfer is provided when
contained shower facilities and changing
more than one individual changing
facilities are available in addition to
compartment or shower compartment
communal separate-sex facilities;
is available;
e. an emergency assistance pull cord,
b. they are provided with wall-mounted
complying with 4.30(e), is easily
drop-down support rails and wall-
identifiable and reachable from the
mounted slip-resistant tip-up seats
wall-mounted tip-up seat, or from the
(not spring loaded);
floor;
Approved Document M Volume 2 Access to and use of buildings other than dwellings
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Edition and local adoption determine which requirements apply. Use the publisher’s document for the complete clauses, diagrams and amendments.