# The Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 1990, Schedule 4: OCCUPANCY LOAD FACTORS TO BE APPLIED TO ROOMS AND SPACES WITHOUT FIXED SEATING, OTHER THAN IN BUILDINGS OF PURPOSE GROUP 1


(1)
(2)
Description of room or space
Occupancy load factor
NOTES
1. For the purpose of this Schedule shops are classified thus–
Class 1 – shops other than those listed below as Class 2, including supermarkets and department stores (all sales areas), shops for personal services such as hairdressing and shops for the delivery or uplift of goods for cleaning, repair or other treatment or for members of the public themselves carrying out such cleaning, repair or other treatment.
Class 2 – shops trading predominantly in furniture, floor coverings, cycles, perambulators, large domestic appliances or other bulky goods, or trading on a wholesale self-selection basis.
2. The descriptions arcade, hall, gallery and room used in this Schedule do not indicate a particular design or configuration of building.
Standing spectators' area
0.3
Amusement arcade, assembly hall (including a general-purpose place of assembly), bar (public area), bingo hall
0.5
Concourse, dance hall or floor, queuing area
0.7
Committee room, common room, conference room, dining room, licensed betting office (public area), lounge (other than a lounge bar), meeting room, reading room, restaurant, staff room, waiting room
1.0
Exhibition hall
1.5
Shop sales area (Class 1)
2.0
Art gallery, dormitory, factory production area, museum, office (room not exceeding 60 square metres in area), workshop
5.0
Kitchen, library, office (room exceeding 60 square metres in area), shop sales area (Class 2)
7.0
Bedroom or study bedroom
8.0
Bed-sitting room, billiards room
10.0
Car park, storage and warehouse accommodation
30.0

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/2179/schedule/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/building-standards-scotland-regulations-1990/schedule-4
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