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Guidance Note
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Parking
Village hall
Multi-use
Later extension games area
Planting
screen to
boundary
Football
The hall should be close to the centre of the community and wherever possible have access to external play areas.
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The building
Accommodation
Stage
Each location has individual requirements but
Hall
core accommodation for the smallest hall or
community centre will include: Storage
Kitchen
main activity and assembly space
entrance foyer Boiler Change Foyer
equipment and furniture store Office
WCs
kitchen
toilets, including facilities for disabled
Smallest viable community centre or village hall.
people
changing provision
cleaners store
boiler or plant room.
Stage
This core accommodation can be expanded Hall
to include:
an office Storage
Kitchen
changing or dressing rooms and showers
more or larger activity spaces Boiler Meeting
Change Foyer
room
licensed bar
WCs Office
permanent stage
meeting or club rooms.
Next stage up with the addition of a meeting room.
And, in certain situations:
grass pitch changing rooms
fitness training room
Storage
billiards and snooker room
community health facilities
Hall
daytime centre for the elderly Stage
Hall 2
information technology room
Kitchen
village shop
Pitch
change Bar
post office.
Foyer
Meeting
room Cellar
Boiler Change
WCs Office
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WC
Store
Change
18 x 10m hall
WC Store
Foyer
10 x 10m hall
Kitchen
WC Kitchen
Office Change Foyer
Change Community
WC Office room
Smallest hall with the minimum support One-court badminton size hall with compact
accommodation shown with potential extensions. ancillaries including combined WCs and changing.
Cellar
WC
WC
Store
Symmetrical support accommodation around Centre with a second hall and a lounge/meeting
a hall with a separate stage. room served by a bar as well as a kitchen.
Store
Change Store
WC
Store
Lounge
Two-court badminton size Kitchen
WC Foyer
hall with separate stage and Office
a lounge/meeting room.
Five plans showing different sizes of hall planned in accordance with the principles set out in this publication.
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0 5 10m
Section
Mats
Demountable
stage zone
Equipment
store
Changing
Hall 18 x 10 x 6.1m
Changing
Female
Male
Store Cleaner
Kitchen
Boiler
Foyer/
refreshments
Community
room Office
Plan
Plan and section of an economically designed hall layout. The double set of corridor doors
would allow the changing rooms to be used for stage productions.
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1.83m
2.0m
8 x 4m playing area
13.7m max
13.4 x 6.1m
court
1.5m
Badminton/short tennis Table tennis four tables Short mat bowls three carpets
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Community School
entrance entrance
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Light fittings mounted Line ceiling with Roof space can be used for
outside badminton court acoustic material mechanical extraction when
sound attenuation is required
A cutaway view of a typical hall with key design and specification notes.
compromise the appearance of the hall for non- The surface must be durable and warm
sports use. Hard ball games and practice should with some slip for sport and fitness
take place outdoors on a multi-use games area exercises, but must not be hazardous when
or in a purpose-designed sports hall. wet from food or drinks spillage.
Badminton court lines are normally the only
Floor
permanently applied markings these are
An impact energy-absorbing floor as also appropriate for short tennis.
defined in British Standard 7044: Part 4 is
Walls
essential for sports use and provides a
safer surface for childrens play. The term Must be flush-faced, smooth and impact-
refers to floors that deflect over a given resistant. Fair-faced or plastered and
area rather than simply beneath the point of painted brick or blockwork or robust timber
applied pressure. or particle board linings are suitable
Semi-sprung beech, beech and maple veneer materials. Any structural framing should
and various composition and synthetic protrude on the outside of the hall, never
surfaces can meet the criteria set out in the internally.
British Standard. This subject is covered in A sound-absorbent finish can be used at
detail in a separate Guidance Note. high level to supplement the ceiling lining
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when required. Alternatively some acoustic Exposed roof structure can add interest to
tuning can be achieved by wall-hung, full- the hall and help avoid a bland appearance.
length curtains. Keep the design simple to limit junctions
Doors and low level glazing must be and surfaces where shuttles and balls
designed with safety in mind. Entry and could become lodged and which create
external doors must open outwards. cleaning difficulties.
Internal doors between main spaces Ceiling-mounted light fittings will give the
require vision panels. Frames and door simplest form of even distribution but
leaves should be flush with the wall face should be mounted outside the badminton
or have splayed reveals to minimise the court sidelines.
risk of injury. Ceiling colour should be white approxi-
Fire escape doors should have recessed mately 90% reflectance value to minimise
panic push bars or flush-mounted push contrast and glare from the light fittings,
pads. and to reflect light downwards from high
High-level side windows provide evenly level wall glazing.
distributed natural lighting. End glazing If there is a roof void above the hall it can
should be avoided, as it is a source of glare be used to house mechanical extraction
for players and audiences. Lower level equipment where it is necessary to provide
glazing or glazed doorways must be sound attenuation to limit noise spillage
detailed for safety, which may entail fitting from the building.
foldback solid panels.
Safety glazing will be required and blinds,
curtains or shutters should be fitted for film,
drama and discos.
Wall colour must be light enough to create
a bright interior but not so light as to require
frequent redecoration or give insufficient
contrast to shuttlecocks. A reflectance
value of 50% is ideal.
Fire extinguishers, sensors or other items of
equipment should be recessed or mounted
in the corners of the hall to minimise
obstruction and possible damage.
School halls sometimes have wall-hung,
foldout PE equipment and may also have
retractable roof fittings. Community use
necessitates recessing wall equipment and
concealing it behind flush door panels.
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18m 18m 5m
minimum
10m
Demountable Permanent
stage stage
One-court hall up to 186 seats One-court hall with stage up to 261 seats
Permanent
17m
Demountable
stage stage
Two-court hall up to 356 seats Two-court hall with stage up to 496 seats
Seating arrangements in one- and two-court halls with temporary or permanent stages.
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Toilets
Plan male, female and disabled peoples toilets
close to the entrance foyer and consider the
need for adjoining coat hanging space. The Male
Female
following figures taken from BS 6465: Part 1 WC WC
1994 can be used as a guide:
Female
2 WCs for up to 50 persons
Cleaner
3 WCs for up to 100 persons
1 WC for each additional 40 persons
1 washbasin plus 1 per 2 WCs.
Male Nominal changing provision accessed through the
toilet area acceptable only in the smallest schemes.
1 WC for up to 250 persons
1 WC for each additional 500 persons
2 urinals for up to 100 persons
1 washbasin per WC plus 1 per 5 urinals.
There should be at least one toilet for wheelchair Changing
users. Minimum dimensions for a unisex disabled
peoples unit are 2.0 x 1.5m. Increase size to
2.5 x 2.0m for an integral shower and changing
Male
bench. The door must open outward. A separate WC
Guidance Note covers disabled requirements
in detail.
Cleaner
In addition there can be a requirement for:
Childrens toilets arranged off a room to be
used for playgroups. Fittings will be of
reduced size and there should be a nappy Female
changing surface. Alternatively, provide WC
nappy change in the disabled peoples WC.
A separate WC cubicle and washbasin in
each changing room for use of players and Changing
performers.
All surfaces must be durable and easily cleaned.
Cantilever basins mounted on a duct to conceal
pipework are most easily maintained. If soap
Another compact arrangement but main toilets
dispensers are required they can be located could be provided separately where changing also
between basins. serves as dressing rooms for stage productions.
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Lounge(s) 21 200
Foyer 18 200
Office 21 500
Bar 21 100200
Kitchen 18 500 20
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Securely fenced and safely surfaced play Good drainage is essential and correct
area on the sunny side of the building orientation, around a north/south axis
approached from the room where desirable. Include separate team changing
playgroups meet. Ensure that some sun rooms and officials rooms. The sizes and
shading is incorporated in the design. construction of grass and synthetic playing
surfaces for sport are covered in detail in
Safe detailing is most important, especially
separate Guidance Notes.
around the access doors and thresholds.
Make sure windows cannot be opened into
the path of children.
164m 1823m
Hard
surface
3340m
Floodlight
46m
37
Cricket
boundary
119m
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