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British Standards
Summary:
BS 6465-1 gives recommendations on the design of sanitary facilities. It covers the recommended scale of provision of sanitary and associated appliances in new buildings and buildings undergoing major refurbishment. It also covers the recommended scale of provision of portable toilets.
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2006
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Keywods:
Design
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Standards and Guidance

Author/s:
British Standards
Summary:
This standard gives recommendations on the space that should be provided for locating, installing, using and maintaining sanitary appliances in dwellings, places of work or public amenities.
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2017
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Keywods:
FixturesLayout
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Standards and Guidance

Author/s:
British Standards
Summary:
Sanitary installations. Code of practice for the selection, installation and maintenance of sanitary and associated appliances.
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2020
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FixturesMaintenance
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Standards and Guidance

Author/s:
Hertfordshire Constabulary Crime Prevention Design Service; British Toilet Association
Summary:
This Guide is aimed at the Police Service, Architects, Local Authorities and any other individual or organisation involved with: building new toilet facilities; the refurbishment of existing facilities; dealing with problem sites.
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2010
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Keywods:
Crime & Anti-social BehaviourDesignPublic Toilets
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Design Guide

Author/s:
Royal Society for Public Health
Summary:
RSPH has published a report revealing the dire state of our public conveniences and its impact on the public’s health. The findings shed light on the health burden of declining public toilet provision, which directly hampers some of the UK’s wider public health efforts.
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2019
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Keywods:
Public HealthPublic Toilets
Type:
Report

Author/s:
Public Convenience Ltd
Summary:
The Great British Public Toilet Map is a website to help people find toilets across the UK. It is the UK's largest database of publicly-accessible toilets, with over 13000 facilities. The information comes from the public who maintain the map for others by adding, editing or removing toilets. We also use open data and include information from councils, OpenStreetMap, private companies and organisations.
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2020
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Keywods:
DataLocationPublic Toilets
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Other

Author/s:
Jen Slater; Charlotte Jones
Summary:
This report summarises the key findings of a series of projects collectively known as Around the Toilet. Between April 2015 and February 2018 Around the Toilet used arts-based methods to ask what makes an accessible toilet space.
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Publication date:
2018
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Keywods:
DisabilityGenderInclusion
Type:
Report

Author/s:
Around the Toilet
Summary:
This website aims to show that the design of toilets is both fascinating and worthy of further exploration, but crucially that toilets provide a gateway to a much more holistic approach to making better places and spaces.
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Publication date:
2017
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Keywods:
DesignInclusionPublic Toilets
Type:
Design Guide

Author/s:
British Standards
Summary:
BSI’s Safe Working Guidelines provide guidance to business owners, managers, workers and other users, as they deal with the complexities of this changing situation and adapt their own ways of working. The information and recommendations are applicable to any organization, regardless of the nature of their activities or geographical location.
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Publication date:
2020
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Keywods:
Covid-19Workplace
Type:
Standards and Guidance