What is this standard about?
This is a code of practice providing recommendations on how to design accessible and adaptable general needs housing, whether in the form of flats or individual houses.
Who is this standard for?
- Local government officers in planning, access, design, conservation and building control
- Their private sector counterparts
- Architects
- Interior designers
- Landscape designers
Why should you use this standard?
For use with new dwellings, this standard supplies recommendations for the design of accessible and adaptable general needs housing. Its recommendations can also be used for assessing the accessibility and adaptability of existing dwellings and, where practicable, as a basis for their improvement.
The standard covers car parking, external access routes to blocks of flats or individual houses, common circulation areas in blocks of flats, circulation areas within dwellings, and the provision of key rooms and facilities.
What’s changed since the last update?
BS 9266 converts the Draft for Development DD 266 into a full British Standard and incorporates the following principal changes:
- Change of title and clarification of scope
- Significant restructure of the document
- General revision to take into account other recent guidance, including BS 8300 series
- Revised recommendations for stairs and ramps
- Revised recommendations for lifts
- Revised and simplified recommendations for bathrooms and WCs
- Additional guidance on lighting
