Policy information sourced from Hammersmith & Fulham Planning Guidance
DA8 Additional facilities in larger buildings
Larger buildings may require the following additional facilities:
In major conference and education centres, and in large leisure, shopping centres, health and education buildings, there should be:
- A 3m x 4m changing room facility in the building with shower, changing table and other BS 8300:2009 recommended fittings, that is identified for exclusive use by disabled people needing care by one or two assistants. The equivalent facility in a large primary or secondary school setting is a 12m2 hygiene room fitted out for either staff assistance or independent use.
- Rooms, halls and atria in the main general public or business visitor use areas of a building where people gather to learn, train, meet, dine, socialise or be entertained, should have an acoustic suitable for the use of microphone systems. Microphones in turn can amplify speech through soundfield or auditorium loudspeakers, and through the induction loop or other hearing enhancement transmitters that BS 8300:2009 recommends are in place for hearing impaired building users to tune their hearing aids into.
- Sign systems that guide people around buildings or complexes. BS 8300:2009 gives advice on how pictogram information on signs should have text to explain them, and where notches should be cut into signs so that blind users can feel where Braille text is positioned.
For more information please see the Hammersmith & Fulham Planning Guidance