1、BSI Standards PublicationBS 9266:2013Design of accessible andadaptable general needshousing Code of practicePublishing and copyright informationThe BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the documentwas last issued. The British Standards Institution 2013Published by BSI Stand
2、ards Limited 2013ISBN 978 0 580 72024 6ICS 11.180.99; 91.040.01The following BSI references relate to the work on this document:Committee reference B/559Draft for comment 12/30230430 DC; 12/30270897 DCPublication historyFirst published as DD 266, December 2007First published as BS 9266, July 2013Ame
3、ndments issued since publicationDate Text affectedBS 9266:2013 BRITISH STANDARDContentsForeword iiiIntroduction v1 Scope 12 Normative references 13 Terms and definitions 24 General principles of accessibility 24.1 Facilities requiring step-free access from the entrance 24.2 Provision of an accessibl
4、e or adaptable bathroom 34.3 Manoeuvring within a dwelling 35 Car parking and setting-down points 35.1 Individual houses with on-plot parking 35.2 Dwellings without on-plot parking 45.3 Setting-down points 56 External access routes 56.1 Access route gradients 56.2 Surface of access routes 56.3 Acces
5、s routes from car parking spaces 66.4 Access routes to blocks of flats 66.5 Access routes within individual house plots 66.6 Hazards on access routes 76.7 Ramped access routes 76.8 Steps on access routes 86.9 Handrails to ramps and steps 106.10 Lighting of access routes to blocks of flats 117 Entran
6、ces to individual houses or blocks of flats 117.1 External lighting to entrances 117.2 Weather protection 117.3 External approach area 127.4 Door entry and call systems 127.5 Door opening and locking hardware 127.6 Entrance doors 137.7 Thresholds to external entrances 157.8 Entrance matting in block
7、s of flats 158 Communal areas within blocks of flats 168.1 Identification of access routes to individual flats 168.2 Design of common steps and stairs 168.3 Handrails 168.4 Lighting 168.5 Visual contrast between surfaces or building elements 168.6 Thresholds to entrance doors to individual flats 178
8、.7 Corridor widths 178.8 Means of escape from flats 179 Circulation areas within a dwelling 179.1 Entrance hall within a dwelling 179.2 Stairs 179.3 Dimensions of internal circulation spaces 189.4 Effective clear width of internal doors 189.5 Clear space at the leading edge of doors 189.6 Thresholds
9、 to internal doors 189.7 Means of escape from dwellings 1810 Vertical transportation within blocks of flats or individual houses 1910.1 Vertical transportation in blocks of flats 19BRITISH STANDARD BS 9266:2013 The British Standards Institution 2013 i10.2 Vertical transportation in dwellings of two
10、or more storeys 2011 Services 2111.1 Location of outlets, switches and controls 2111.2 Electrical and wired services 2211.3 Mains services 2312 WC and bathroom facilities 2312.1 Accessible WC 2312.2 Accessible washbasin 2412.3 Accessible or adaptable bathroom 2412.4 Space and drainage provision for
11、an accessible shower 2812.5 Structural provision for grab rails and other support equipment 2813 Other facilities and amenities 2913.1 Living/socializing space 2913.2 Kitchen 2913.3 Bedrooms 2913.4 Temporary bed space 3013.5 Windows and glazed doors 3013.6 Balconies and terraces 3113.7 Storage facil
12、ities outside the dwelling 3113.8 Waste and recycling facilities 31AnnexesAnnex A (informative) Car park management 32Annex B (informative) Relationship between going, gradient and rise oframps 32Bibliography 34List of figuresFigure 1 Minimum ramp going in relation to the rise of the flight 8Figure
13、2 The use of a “corduroy” hazard warning surface and handrails on anexternal stepped access to a block of flats 10Figure 3 Examples of effective clear width through a doorway 14Figure 4 Example of door location and side clearance on the pull side 15Figure 5 Heights to the centre of outlets, switches
14、, controls and meters 21Figure 6 Example of an entrance-level accessible WC compartment withprovision for a future level-access shower 25Figure 7 Example of an accessible WC compartment with provision for a futurelow-level shower 26Figure 8 Example of an accessible bathroom with provision for a futu
15、relevel-access shower 27List of tablesTable1Effective clear width of gates to individual house plots 7Table2Effective clear width of internal dwelling doors 18Table 3 Location and position of outlets for future power and lightinginstallations in dwellings 22Table B.1 Relationship between going, grad
16、ient and rise of ramps 33Summary of pagesThis document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, pages i to vi,pages 1 to 36, an inside back cover and a back cover.BRITISH STANDARDBS 9266:2013ii The British Standards Institution 2013ForewordPublishing informationThis British Standard is publis
17、hed by BSI Standards Limited, under licence fromThe British Standards Institution, and came into effect on 31 July 2013. It wasprepared by Technical Committee B/559, Access to buildings for disabled people.A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained onrequest to its secreta
18、ry.SupersessionThis British Standard supersedes DD 266:2007, which is withdrawn.Relationship with other publicationsThis British Standard supplements BS 8300:2009+A1, which, although itincorporates certain recommendations on dwellings into the general guidance,does not feature housing as a building
19、type, but is concerned mainly withpublic, commercial and service buildings.BS 9266 provides advice on the design of accessible and adaptable general needshousing and has drawn on a number of sources including the criteria from theLifetime homes design guide 1 and the government document Lifetime Hom
20、es,Lifetime Neighbourhoods 2. For more information on the 16 lifetime homescriteria, refer to www.lifetimehomes.org.uk1).BS 9266 is concerned largely with access to and within, and use of, residentialbuildings. Recommendations for means of escape in the event of fire, and forfire safety generally, a
21、re given in BS 9999 and BS 9991.Information about this documentThis document converts DD 266 into a full British Standard. It is a full revision ofthe Draft for Development, and incorporates the following principal changes: change of title and clarification of scope; significant restructure of the d
22、ocument; general revision to take into account other recent guidance, includingBS 8300:2009+A1; revised recommendations for stairs and ramps; revised recommendations for lifts; revised and simplified recommendations for bathrooms and WCs; additional guidance on lighting.Much new housing in Britain i
23、s widely recognized to be spatially constrained.The recommendations in this standard have been developed in the light of theseconstraints, and in the knowledge that households might have to makecompromises (e.g. reducing furniture), to accommodate family members whohave developed or acquired tempora
24、ry or permanent impairments.With reasonable space and careful attention to the design of kitchens,bathrooms, and the amount and location of storage space, homes designed inaccordance with BS 9266 might be suitable for some wheelchair users. However,many wheelchair users and some older people with pa
25、rticular access, storageand circulation needs might need the space and circulation standards of a homedesigned in accordance with the Wheelchair housing design guide 3.1)Last accessed 25 July 2013.BRITISH STANDARD BS 9266:2013 The British Standards Institution 2013 iiiUse of this documentAs a code o
26、f practice, this British Standard takes the form of guidance andrecommendations. It should not be quoted as if it were a specification andparticular care should be taken to ensure that claims of compliance are notmisleading.Any user claiming compliance with this British Standard is expected to be ab
27、le tojustify any course of action that deviates from its recommendations.It has been assumed in the preparation of this British Standard that theexecution of its provisions will be entrusted to appropriately qualified andexperienced people, for whose use it has been produced.Presentational conventio
28、nsThe provisions in this standard are presented in roman (i.e. upright) type. Itsrecommendations are expressed in sentences in which the principal auxiliaryverb is “should”.Commentary, explanation and general informative material is presented insmaller italic type, and does not constitute a normativ
29、e element.The word “should” is used to express recommendations of this standard. Theword “may” is used in the text to express permissibility, e.g. as an alternative tothe primary recommendation of the clause. The word “can” is used to expresspossibility, e.g. a consequence of an action or an event.N
30、otes and commentaries are provided throughout the text of this standard.Notes give references and additional information that are important but do notform part of the recommendations. Commentaries give background information.Contractual and legal considerationsThis publication does not purport to in
31、clude all the necessary provisions of acontract. Users are responsible for its correct application.Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legalobligations.BRITISH STANDARDBS 9266:2013iv The British Standards Institution 2013IntroductionThis British Standard explains how, by f
32、ollowing the key principles of inclusivedesign, general needs housing can be made sufficiently flexible and convenientto meet the existing and changing needs of more households, and so givepeople more choice over where they live.The population of the United Kingdom, in common with most of mainlandEu
33、rope, is ageing and its numbers increasing.2)The balance (ignoring for thesepurposes any changes in retirement ages) between the working population andthose over 65 is expected to tilt further towards the latter.In consequence, average household sizes have fallen, with the proportion ofone- and two-
34、person households increasing and that of three-, four- andfive-person households falling.The net result of these demographic trends is that the number of households isexpected to grow by about 230000 per year from 2013 until 2033.Meanwhile, fewer and smaller homes are being built in the UK.In 2010 t
35、he number of new houses built fell to just over 100000, and while theaverage size of new dwellings elsewhere in the EU, with the sole exception ofItaly, has increased, in England and Wales it has fallen. This might be at leastpartly accounted for by the fall in household sizes, but then, household s
36、izes arefalling across Europe.There can be no certainty that these exceptional trends in the UK will continue,but it might be prudent to assume that they will. If the housing stock of thefuture is to match up to the Governments stated ambition in the Nationalplanning policy framework 4 to accommodat
37、e “.the housing needs ofdifferent groups in the community including disabled people, older people andfamilies with children, .with.high quality and inclusive design for alldevelopment, including individual buildings, public and private spaces and widerdevelopment schemes.”, much greater attention wi
38、ll need to be paid to thedesign of internal layouts to ensure that they are robust to the changing needsof occupants over time.Furthermore, the Communities and Local Government department website statesthat: “As well as providing support for older people today, there is also thechallenge of making s
39、ure that the right type of housing and support is availablefor future generations of older people”.3)Generally, older people spend 70% to 90% of their time in their own home.Most older people want to remain in their own home, and a familiarenvironment is important in maintaining independence. Resear
40、ch also suggeststhat many older people affected by health conditions or disability find it difficultto move around their home and use the facilities in comfort and with dignity.2)Data taken from Housing statistics in the European Union 5. The report shows thatover the past 30 years the UK population
41、 has grown by 9.5% almost double the rateexperienced in Germany, but less than half the rate seen in France and Spain, andonly slightly less than half that seen in the Netherlands, already the most denselypopulated country in the EU with a population density almost double that of the UK.While data c
42、ollected for the report show the dwelling size averaged over the entiretyof the housing stock in England in 2001 to be 86.9 m2, the average size of newdwellings over the period 1981 to 2001 was only 82.7 m2. For all other member statesfor which figures exist, including the Netherlands and with the s
43、ole exception of Italy,the average size of new dwellings increased, in some cases by a considerable margin.3)http:/munities.gov.uk/housing/housingolderpeoplelast accessed 25 July 2013.BRITISH STANDARD BS 9266:2013 The British Standards Institution 2013 vThe requirements of a dwellings occupants can
44、change as a result of accident,illness or ageing, giving rise to reduced mobility or increasing sensory loss.In order to meet these changing requirements, homes need to be bothaccessible and adaptable: accessible for both visitors and residents, andadaptable to meet residents changing needs, both te
45、mporary and longer term.Some design features might need to be incorporated when the dwelling is firstbuilt; others might only need to have provision made at the outset for theirfuture adaptation. Incorporation of these design features also makes thedwelling convenient for disabled visitors and most
46、resident households,including some (but not all) wheelchair users, without the need to undertakeexpensive or disruptive alterations or substantial adaptations.Anticipating some of these trends, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation supportedwork in the 1990s to develop the concept of lifetime homes, which
47、aimed toincorporate the principles of accessibility and adaptability in good housingdesign. The current Lifetime homes design guide 1, developed by HabintegHousing Association, reflects contemporary knowledge and expectations, andcontinues to be used by local authorities as they seek to meet the nee
48、ds of theircurrent and anticipated resident populations. However, it was felt that a newBritish Standard, building on the principles of the lifetime homes standards butexpanded and more detailed, was required to serve the needs of industry andthe professions, and to have a wider application in both
49、the public and privatesectors.It is not expected that this British Standard will automatically apply to all newhomes, but local authorities will need to make informed choices about the mixof housing types and tenures that will be required over the coming decades.Housing providers will need appropriate tools to ensure that strategic decisionscan be put into effect. It is expected that this British Standard will play asignificant role in helping them to achieve their aims.BRITISH STANDARDBS 9266:2013vi The British
