Design guidance and standards
Information about technical design standards, including specialist guidance that underpin the principles of inclusive design.
Main technical design standards
- BS 8300-1:2018 Design of an accessible and inclusive built environment. External environment. Code of practice
- Approved document M: access to and use of buildings, volume 1: dwellings
- Approved document M: access to and use of buildings, volume 2: buildings other than dwellings
- Inclusive Mobility - A guide to best practice on access to pedestrian and transport infrastructure
- Habinteg Housing Association’s wheelchair housing design guide (second edition)
- Mayor of London's Housing supplementary planning guidelines
- Accessible sports facilities - Sport England
- Easy Access to historic buildings
- BS 9999: 2008 - Code of Practice for fire safety in the design, management and use of buildings
- BS 8300-2:2018 Design of an accessible and inclusive built environment. Buildings. Code of practice