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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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Index
A B
Access – definition 0.26 Baby changing facilities 5.5–5.6, 5.12
Access into buildings 2.1–2.29 Balconies 4.19, 4.24
Access routes to buildings, see Approaches Bars – refreshment facilities 4.3, 4.13–4.16
Access routes within buildings 0.5, 0.11, 3.14 Bathrooms, see Sanitary accommodation
Access strategy 0.20–0.25 Bedrooms 4.4, 4.17–4.24
Accessible – definition 0.26 Bedrooms – balconies 4.19, 4.24
Accessible entrances 1.6, 2.1–2.7 Bedrooms – doors 3.10, 4.22–4.24
Acoustic design 3.13 Bedrooms – en-suite bedrooms 4.19, 4.24
Alterations, see Material alterations Bedrooms – hotels and motels 4.17–4.24
Application of Part M 0.1–0.13 Bedrooms – wardrobes 4.20
Approaches – hazards 1.5, 1.38–1.39 Bedrooms – wheelchair accessible
4.17–4.24
Approaches – level (non-domestic) 1.6–1.13
Bedrooms – window controls 4.24
Approaches – lighting 1.11, 1.13
BS EN 81–70 3.34
Approaches – objectives 1.1–1.5
BS EN 81 series 3.34, 3.43, 3.49
Approaches – ramps 1.8, 1.19–1.26
BS 5588-8 3.34
Approaches – steps 1.21, 1.27–1.37
BS 8300 0.9, 3.5 note, 3.9 note, 3.27 note,
Approaches – surfaces 1.13
4.35 note, 5.17 note, 5.18 note, 5.21 note
Approaches – widths 1.2, 1.10–1.11, 1.13
BS EN 997 5.9-5.10, 5.14
Artificial lighting, see Lighting
C
Assistance dogs 2.20, 4.6
Audible emergency assistance call signals Car parking 0.5, 0.9, 0.13, 1.14–1.18
4.24, 5.4 Change of use 0.10–0.12
Audible information – lifting devices 3.31, Ceilings – surface materials 4.32
3.34, 3.37, 3.43
Changing rooms, see Sports facilities
Audible signs 4.35 note
Cinemas 4.10, 4.12
Audible warnings – doors 2.21
Clothes shops – changing facilities 5.17
Audience seating 4.2, 4.5–4.8, 4.12
Colour contrast, see Visual contrast
Audience seating – legroom 4.7
Communication aids 0.14, 3.6, 4.31–4.36
Audience seating – sight lines 4.9
Conference facilities 4.1, 4.5, 4.9, 4.36
Audience seating – wheelchair spaces
Connecting doors 4.22
4.6–4.7, 4.10–4.12
Approved Document M Volume 2 Access to and use of buildings other than dwellings
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