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Regulation 7 Key building information: use

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(1)

“Use” must be described using the following categories—

(a)

residential (dwellings),

(b)

residential (institutional),

(c)

residential (other),

(d)

office,

(e)

shop and commercial,

(f)

assembly and recreation,

(g)

industrial, or

(h)

storage and other non-residential

(2)

For the purposes of interpreting the categories in paragraph (1) regard must be had to Table 0.1 “Classification of purpose groups” of Approved Document B (Fire safety) volume 1: Dwellings (2019 edition incorporating 2020 and 2022 amendments) that came into force on 1 December 2022f1.

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Copies of the Approved Document are available from https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/approved-documents, or RIBA, https://www.ribabookshops.com/.