Removing kitchen wall

[Porkychopster]

Hello. I want to remove an awkward wall in my kitchen to make the flow of my downstairs better and facilitate an island. Pictures below - top one is current layout, second one is goal.

Will this be an issue with fire
Regs/anything else I need to consider? It’s not a supporting wall. We have just ground and first floor.

Any other feedback welcome!!!

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

You can only have open plan if all the bedrooms/habitable rooms on the first floor have compliant escape windows that meet the regs. You're effectively compromising the escape route for anyone upstairs so they need an alternative escape route ie a window.

 

[Porkychopster]

You can only have open plan if all the bedrooms/habitable rooms on the first floor have compliant escape windows that meet the regs. You're effectively compromising the escape route for anyone upstairs so they need an alternative escape route ie a window.

How do I tell if that’s the case?

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

https://assets.publishing.service.g...on_incorporating_2020_and_2022_amendments.pdf

page 15 of the document:

 

[Porkychopster]

Tell if what’s the case?

If all the upstairs rooms have compliant escape routes through the windows.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

See my edit. It's not all rooms only the habitable ones so bedrooms or office. etc not bathrooms/en suites etc.