Open consultation: Toilet provision in buildings other than dwellings: a technical consultation paper

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, 2023
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Abstract

Discusses proposals to introduce changes to building regulations in a draft Approved Document T - Toilets, ensuring the provision of separate toilets for men and women in buildings other than dwellings. The proposals would also encourage there is provision for a unisex toilet, with privacy ensured, where space allows.

History

Consultation open between 13 August 2023 to 8 October 2023. Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/toilet-provision-in-buildings-other-than-dwellings-technical-consultation. The consultation package includes: this technical consultation paper, Annex D - Toilet design research (not available in CIS), and Annex E - Draft Approved Document T: Toilets.

Subjects

  • WCs and urinals
  • Legal issues and management
  • Building control, England
  • Sanitary/hygiene/cleaning fittings
  • Building control
  • Fittings and equipment

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Now known as the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) was a UK Government department with responsibility for communities throughout the UK, with local investment supporting growth, creating jobs, delivering housing, overseeing local government, planning and building safety. They were previously known as the MHCLG, the 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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