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Tra 02 Proximity to amenities

Number of credits available	Minimum standards
Building type dependent	No

Aim

To encourage and reward a building location that facilitates easy access to local services and so reduces the environmental, social and economic impacts resulting from multiple or extended building user journeys, including transport-related emissions and traffic congestion.

Assessment criteria

The following is required to demonstrate compliance:

Up to two credits

Where the building is located within close proximity of, and accessible to, local amenities which are likely to be frequently required and used by building occupants, as outlined in Table 31 .
Where a building type is indicated to have core amenities ('C' in Table 31 ) at least two of these must be provided as a part of the total number required. The remaining number of amenities required can be met using any other applicable amenities (including any remaining core amenities).

Checklists and tables

Table 31 Credits available for Tra02 for different building types

	Building types
Criteria	Type 1	Type 2	Type 3	Type 4	Type 5 (Two credits available)		Type 6
No. of BREEAM credits	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
No. of amenities	3	3	4	4	4	7	2
Proximity (metres)	500	500	500	500	500	1000	500
Appropriate food outlet	C	C	C	C	C	C	✔
Access to cash	C	C	C	C	C	C	✔
Access to an outdoor open space (public or private, provided suitably sized and accessible to building users)	✔	✔	✔	C	C	C	✔
Access to a recreation/leisure facility for fitness/sports	C	C	C	✔	✔	✔	✔
Publicly available postal facility	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Community facility	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔	✔
Over the counter services associated with a pharmacy	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Public sector GP surgery or general medical centre			✔		✔	✔	✔
Child care facility or school	✔		✔		✔	✔	✔
Key: ✔ - Amenity relevant to building type. C - Core amenity for building type Building Types: Type 1: Offices, Retail, Industrial, Courts Type 2: Pre-school, Schools, Sixth Form Type 3: Higher Education and Further Education Type 4: Healthcare Type 5: Multi-residential (two credits are available and each can be awarded independently of the other). Type 6: Other Building types This issue is not applicable to prison buildings/developments.

Compliance notes

Ref	Terms	Description
Shell and core
CN1	Applicable assessment criteria	Both options: All criteria relevant to the building type and function apply.
Simple buildings
CN2	Applicable assessment criteria	All criteria relevant to the building type and function apply.
General
CN3	Collective amenities	One type of amenity may also exist within or as part of other types of amenities, e.g. a grocery store in a petrol station, cash point or pharmacy in a supermarket etc. It is not a requirement of this issue that each amenity is ‘stand alone’.
CN3.1	Amenities within assessed building or on-site	An amenity within the building or on the same site as the proposed development, e.g. where the assessed building is part of a campus, retail or business park/centre, complies with the assessment criteria.
CN3.2	Phased developments	The guidance provided in BREEAM issue Tra 01 Public transport accessibility, concerning phased developments, also applies to this issue.

Methodology

None.

Evidence

Criteria	Interim design stage	Final post construction stage
All	One or more of the appropriate evidence types listed in the ‘BREEAM Evidential Requirements’ section can be used to demonstrate compliance with these criteria
All	Where the amenities do not currently exist but are due to be developed a letter from the client/developer confirming: The location and type of amenities to be provided The timescale for development of the amenities.	As per interim design stage

Criteria

Interim design stage

Final post construction stage

All

One or more of the appropriate evidence types listed in the ‘BREEAM Evidential Requirements’ section can be used to demonstrate compliance with these criteria

All

Where the amenities do not currently exist but are due to be developed a letter from the client/developer confirming:

The location and type of amenities to be provided
The timescale for development of the amenities.

As per interim design stage

Additional information

Relevant definitions

Accessible amenities: Amenities (as listed) that are within the required proximity (distance in metres) of the building and accessible via safe pedestrian routes, e.g. pavements/paths and safe crossing points or, where provided, dedicated pedestrian crossing points. The distance should not be measured in a straight line, ‘as the crow flies’.
Access to an outdoor open space (public or private, suitably sized and accessible to building users): A space that enables building users to take an appropriate break from internal building activities, for example, an office building would benefit from a space to sit outside and have lunch. These spaces will need to be suitably sized to ensure that the space supports a reasonable number of building users associated with the project and should not form a part of the public highway.
Appropriate food outlet: A means of accessing a food supply that is affordable to the majority of the building's users as well as being appropriate for their day-to-day needs. For example, a small office building would benefit from having a small shop selling sandwiches or snacks for a multi-residential building would benefit from having a restaurant in the local area.
Access to a recreation/leisure facility: A facility that will allow building users to exercise and maintain a healthy lifestyle. This could include a local leisure centre, tennis courts, an on-site gym or, for a school, a local playground.
Child care or school: The intention of this amenity is to provide child support for potential building users, this could include a nursery, child minding facilities or a school local to the development. A school cannot be considered an amenity to a BREEAM assessment of the same school.
Community facility: An internal space that is inclusive to the majority of building users who will occupy the assessed building/development. The facility will serve to facilitate community activities for the assessed building and its users. For example, for a multi-residential building this could be a community hall or for an office building, a public house.

Other information

None.