09. Drying space – Above Green

Aim

To provide a reduced energy means of drying clothes.

The following is required to demonstrate compliance:

For self-contained dwellings: an adequate internal or external space with posts and footings, or fixings capable of holding:

1.a

One to two bedrooms: 4m+ of drying line

1.b

Three or more bedrooms: 6m+ of drying line.

Individual bedrooms: an adequate internal or external space with posts and footings, or fixings capable of holding:

2.a

Two metres or more of drying line per bedroom for developments with up to 30 individual bedrooms; plus

2.b

One metre of additional drying line for each bedroom over the 30 individual bedroom threshold.

AND

The space (internal or external) is secure.

None.

Ref	Terms	Description
Applicable assessment criteria
CN1	Part: 2	This issue is not applicable.
CN2	Parts: 1, 3 and 4	Criteria 1 to 3 are applicable
General
CN3	Adequate internal space. See criteria 1 and 2 .	This is either: A heated space with adequate, controlled ventilation, complying with national building regulations (rooms that commonly meet these requirements are a bathroom or utility room); OR An unheated outbuilding, where calculations by an appropriate building services engineer (or equivalent professional) demonstrate that ventilation in the space is adequate to allow drying in normal climatic conditions and to prevent condensation and mould growth; AND The fixing or fitting needs to be a permanent feature of the room. Internal drying spaces in the following rooms do not comply: Living rooms Kitchens Dining rooms Main halls Bedrooms.
CN3.1	Building has no residential areas	Please note that where a building contains no residential function this issue is not applicable and will not require assessment.
CN3.2	Supported living facilities	This issue does not apply to multi-residential assessments of supported living facilities (for safety reasons, to minimise ligature risk to particular residents).

None.

criteria	Interim design stage	Final post-construction stage
All	One or more of the appropriate evidence types listed in 4.0 The BREEAM evidential requirements section can be used to demonstrate compliance with these criteria.

Secure space: For self-contained dwellings this can be defined as an enclosed space only accessible to the residents of the dwelling. For buildings with a communal drying space it is an enclosed space with a secure entrance, accessible to the residents of the building only.

None.