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| The impact of Part M on the design of new housing | | Corporate Author | Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF |
| Journal title | Findings, 823, August 2003 |
| Publisher | Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF, York, August 2003 |
| Pages | 4 pp |
| Source | Joseph Rowntree Foundation, The Homestead, 40 Water End, York YO30 6WP. Website: www.jrf.org.uk |
| Keywords | Construction Industry ; Attitude ; Physical disabilities ; Architectural design [housing [elderly]] ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | Part M of the Building Regulations requires housebuilders to construct new housing to standards that enable disabled people - particularly wheelchair users and those with mobility or ambulant impairments - to visit a house and have access to a ground floor living space and toilet. It also seeks to enable occupiers to cope better with any reduction in their mobility. There is little or no information about the impact of the Regulations on the design of new dwellings. This study, by Rob Imrie at Royal Holloway University of London, researched the attitudes of builders and building control officers towards Part M and how the Regulation is being interpreted and applied. The full version of Rob Imrie's report is published by the Department of Geography, Royal Holloway. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030821215 A |
| Classmark | XH: DP: BN: KE:YB3: 3F |
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