What does Part M of Building Regulations?

What does Part M of Building Regulations?

Summary. Approved Document M provides information about the ease of access to, and use of, buildings, including facilities for disabled visitors or occupants, and the ability to move through a building easily including to toilets and bathrooms.

What is Part M compliance?

Part M Doors may also be known as Disability Compliant which is a regulation in place that requires doors to have a certain minimum opening space requirement to allow wheelchair access within a property or building.

What is the Part M?

Part M concerns specifically the continuing airworthiness of aircraft and aeronautical products, parts and appliances together with the approval of organizations and personnel involved in these tasks.

When did Part M come into force?

1 October 2015
The new English edition of Approved Document M (access to and use of buildings) came into force on 1 October 2015. It differs from the previous 2004 edition (although the online version incorporated the 2010 and 2013 amendments), and is divided into two distinct parts: Volume 1 – Dwellings.

What does a building regulation completion certificate cover?

A completion certificate helps ensure building work is safe When building work has been inspected by suitably competent building control surveyors, with a completion certificate issued at the end, it means that as far as the surveyor is able to ascertain, the work done has complied with the building regulations.

When did Part M building regs come in?

Part M in Schedule 1 to the Building Regulations has been amended but these amendments mainly affect dwellings. The 2015 edition took effect on 1 October 2015 for use in England.

What is a Part M?

Does Part M apply to barn conversion?

For information Part M is only applicable where there is a change of use to hotels, institutional buildings, public buildings and shops.

Does Part M apply to material change of use?

Part M now applies generally to material alterations of and extensions to existing non-domestic builidngs. It applies to material changes of use to some non-domestic uses. There is no exception for historic buildings, but this new edition of AD M contains guidance on such buildings.

What’s new in Approved Document B (fire safety Volume 2)?

Added 2018 amendment to Approved Document B (fire safety) volume 2: buildings other than dwellinghouses – amendments to statutory guidance covering fire safety matters within and around buildings in England. First published.

What does ‘approved document m’ cover?

The 2015 edition with 2016 amendments of ‘Approved Document M: access to and use of buildings Volume 1: dwellings’ only covers dwellings and contains updated guidance. In particular, it introduces 3 categories of dwellings:

What do the building regulations apply to?

In general, Building Regulations apply to the construction of new buildings and to extensions and material alterations to buildings. In addition, certain parts of the Regulations apply to existing buildings where a material change of use takes place. Otherwise, Building Regulations do not apply to buildings constructed prior to 1 June 1992.

What are the building regulations for accessibility?

Building regulations for access to and use of buildings in dwellings and buildings other than dwellings and provides a baseline for accessibility in the built environment. The 2015 edition with 2016 amendments of ‘Approved Document M: access to and use of buildings Volume 1: dwellings’ only covers dwellings and contains updated guidance.