Current Accessibility Standards

Current Accessibility Standards
The standards and guidance relating to accessibility change all the time. Below is a list of some of the most useful standards and guidance available that we can apply to your projects.

The Building Regulations 2010, Approved Document M: Access to and use of buildings (2004 edition), including amendments in 2013.

BS 8300:2009 + A1:2010 Design of buildings and their approaches to meet the needs of disabled people – Code of practice, British Standards Institution, 2010, Code of Practice – Equality Act 2010 Statutory Code of Practice Services, public functions and associations, The Stationery Office, 2010;

Equality Act 2010 - Guidance on matters to be taken into account in determining questions relating to the definition of disability

Code of Practice – Employment, The Stationery Office, 2010, can be downloaded from the Equality and Human Rights Commission's website.

Public Sector equality duty guidance for schools in England, 2011
Available to download from Equality and Human Rights Commission's website.

Reasonable adjustments for disabled pupils - Auxiliary Aids Technical Guidance
Available to download from Equality and Human Rights Commission's website

Technical guidance on Further and Higher education, 2011, EHRC.

The Duty to Promote Disability Equality, Statutory Code of Practice, England and Wales, The Stationery Office, 2005, EHRC.

Buildings for all to use 2: improving the accessibility of public buildings and environments, by K Bright, S Flanagan, J Embleton, LSelbekk
and G Cook, CIRIA, 2004

Good Loo Design Guide, by Andrew Lacey, CAE/RIBA Publishing, 2004, can be ordered from CAE.

Barrier Free Design: a manual for building designers and managers, by James Holmes Siedle, Butterworth Heinmann, 1996

Easy Access to Historic Buildings, by English Heritage, 2012, can be downloaded from the English Heritage's website.

Access to the Built Heritage – Technical Advice Note 7, 1996, Historic Scotland

Technical Advice Note 28 - Fire Safety Management in Heritage Buildings, 2010, Historic Scotland

Overcoming the Barriers – Providing Physical Access to Historic Buildings, CADW, 2002

Widening the eye of the needle: Access to church buildings for people with disabilities, by John Penton, Church House Publishing, 2001

Inclusive Projects: A guide to best practice on preparing and delivering project briefs to secure access, Disabled Persons Transport and Advisory Committee, 2003.

Stairs, ramps and escalators: Inclusive design guidance, by Ann Alderson, CAE/RIBA Publishing, 2010, can be ordered from CAE.

Specifiers' Handbooks for Inclusive Design – Architectural Ironmongery, by Alison Grant, CAE/RIBA Publishing, 2005, can be ordered
from CAE.

Specifiers' Handbooks for Inclusive Design – Automatic Door Systems, by Alison Grant, CAE/RIBA Publishing, 2005, can be ordered from CAE.

Specifiers' Handbooks for Inclusive Design – Platform Lifts, by Alison Grant, CAE/RIBA Publishing, 2005, can be ordered from CAE.

Specifiers' Handbooks for Inclusive Design – Glass in Buildings, by Ann Alderson, CAE/RIBA Publishing, 2006, can be ordered from CAE.

Specifiers' Handbooks for Inclusive Design – Internal Floor Finishes, by Ann Alderson, CAE/RIBA