Consultation outcome

Toilet provision in buildings other than dwellings: technical consultation

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Published: 13 August 2023
• Last updated: 15 May 2024 — See all updates

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Toilet provision in buildings other than dwellings

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Equality impact assessment for the provision of toilets

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Environmental Principles policy statement - toilet provision changes to the building regulations

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The Building (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2024: Impact Assessment

PDF, 362 KB, 22 pages

Detail of outcome

Creation of new Building Regulation Part T and Approved Document T, Toilet accommodation.

This is a response to the ‘Toilet provision in buildings other than dwellings: technical consultation’.

The government is committed to ensuring the safety, privacy and dignity of all members of society when using toilets in non-domestic buildings. We are grateful to all respondents for taking the time to submit responses to this consultation. All responses have been carefully considered in the development of the new regulation, new Approved Document and this document. This was carried out in consultation with the Building Safety Regulator. A transition period will be put in place to ensure that there is no disruption to projects which have already received planning permission.

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Original consultation

Summary

This consultation seeks views on toilet provision for men and women in buildings other than dwellings.

This consultation ran from
13 August 2023 to 11:59pm on 8 October 2023

Consultation description

This technical consultation seeks views on our proposals for the building regulations relating to the provision of toilets for men and women.

This follows on from our previous call for evidence on this subject, which received over 17,500 responses. Following a detailed review and analysis of these responses, the government announced several policy goals, which included the following:

• to amend building regulations and guidance to ensure separate toilets for men and women continues to be provided
• to encourage the provision of a unisex toilet, where space allows
• to make sure that where unisex toilets are provided, that privacy is ensured

The purpose of this consultation, and the changes to the building regulations which it proposes, is to progress work towards the above policy goals.

The proposed measures would apply to all new buildings other than dwellings and a small number of exceptions outlined in the consultation.

Documents

Toilet provision in buildings other than dwellings: a technical consultation paper

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Annex D - Toilet design research

PDF, 4.53 MB, 171 pages

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Annex E - Draft Approved Document T: Toilets

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Annex E - Draft Approved Document T: Toilets

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Published 13 August 2023
Last updated 15 May 2024 + show all updates

1. 15 May 2024

   Added government response; Equality impact assessment for the provision of toilets; Environmental Principles policy statement; Impact assessment.

2. 13 August 2023

   First published.