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Table 9.5
Density factors given in Approved Document B
Type of accommodation
Density
factor m
2
Standing spectator areas, bars without seating and similar refreshment areas
0.3
Amusement arcade, assembly hall (including a general purpose place of assembly), bingo
0.5
hall, club, crush hall, dance fl oor or hall, venue for pop concert and similar events
Concourse or shopping mall
0.7
Committee room, common room, conference room, dining room, licensed betting offi ce
1.0
(public area), lounge or bar (with seating), meeting room, reading room, restaurant, staff
room or waiting room
Exhibition hall, studio (fi lm, radio, television, recording)
1.5
Shop sales area, skating rink
2.0
Art gallery, dormitory, factory production area, museum or workshop
5.0
Offi ce
6.0
Shop sales area, kitchen, library
7.0
Bedroom or study bedroom
8.0
Bed-sitting room, billiards or snooker room or hall
10.0
Storage and warehousing
30.0
W.C.
OFFICE
OFFICE
STAIRS
SHOP FLOOR
(Main Sales Area)
CANTEEN
(Staff)
W.C.
STAIRS
Figure 9.24
Usable fl oor space
