Government's response to the consultation on changing places toilets

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, 2020
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Abstract

Summarises the responses received and Government action to the 2019 consultation relating to increasing the provision of changing places toilets in new public buildings and those undergoing building works. Confirms new requirements, to be delivered in an amendment to Approved Document M volume 2 for new buildings other than dwellings, or those buildings subject to a material change of use.

History

Replaces: Changing places toilets - a consultation paper (MHCLG, 2019). The consultation closed 22 July 2019.

Subjects

  • Sanitary/hygiene/cleaning fittings
  • WCs and urinals
  • Special subject areas
  • Provision for disabled people
  • Planning and development
  • Health and safety
  • Strategic planning
  • Legal issues and management
  • Urban planning
  • Fittings and equipment
  • Building control
  • Building control, Scotland

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The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is a UK Government ministerial department with responsibility for several policy areas including building regulation, community integration, economic development in coastal and seaside areas, energy efficiency in buildings, high streets and town centres, housing, local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) and Enterprise Zones, localism, planning reform and the planning system. They were previously known as the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, MHCLG, Department for Communities and Local Government, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, and the Department for Transport and Local Government.

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