Technical Booklet R Access to and Use of Buildings·Page 74·10.1
Objective for water closet accessibility
The water closet in the entrance or principal storey must be accessible from habitable rooms without negotiating stairs. It may be located in a bathroom if one exists on that storey.
The objective is to ensure the water closet in the entrance storey or the principal storey of the dwelling is accessible from the habitable rooms in that storey without the need to negotiate a stair to reach it. Where there is a bathroom on that storey, the water closet may be located in that bathroom. It will not always be practical for the wheelchair to be fully accommodated within the water closet compartment.
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