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Tra 02 - Sustainable transport measures
Information correct as of 26thFebruary 2026. Please see kb.breeam.com for the latest compliance information.
Campus or campus-type developments – Entrance to consider - KBCN1726
For assessments on sites with multiple buildings (e.g. education campus, business or industrial parks):
- Distances to amenities and public transport nodes can be measured from the site’s main entrance if ≥80% of buildings are within 1000 m. Otherwise, use the assessed building’s main entrance, and in such cases, where multiple buildings are included, calculations must always be based on the worst-case scenario (the entrance furthest from the node or amenity)
- Where the site has more than one main entrance, either entrance may be used for the calculation.
Purpose: To ensure fair assessment on large sites and to encourage the provision or location of amenities and public transport nodes within or at the periphery of the site.
Note: wording update for clarification and including BIU
Clarification of ‘rural location’ in England and Wales - KBCN1824
A rural location is defined as any settlement with a resident population of fewer than 10,000 people, including rural towns, villages, hamlets and dispersed dwellings, as set out in the Government’s Rural‑Urban Classification (RUC).
ERRATUM – Enhanced Amenities - KBCN1817
The wording and approach to assessing ‘enhanced’ amenities in the technical manual is incorrect. The Aim of this assessment issue is, ‘To maximise the potential for people to choose public, active and lower-emission private transport by providing the site with convenient, sustainable options.’
In line with this intent, an ‘enhanced amenity’ should be referred to as an additional amenity, as it must provide an additional compliant amenity resulting from the development. If a development provides an amenity to replace an existing amenity, regardless of whether there is a qualitative enhancement or change of amenity type, this must be considered as an existing amenity.
Furthermore, an additional amenity provided by the development may only be considered as such where there is a net increase in the number of compliant amenities resulting from the development.
The updated guidance can be found below:
Option 10 - Additional amenities:
Provide compliant additional amenities within less than or equal to 500 m of the building entrance.
M4.2: Additional amenities
Two or three points can be awarded for providing additional amenities ≤ 500 m via a safe pedestrian route.
If additional amenities duplicate the services provided by existing amenities, this is still recognised. This is because duplicate amenities still create additional choices for users in terms of services offered and location.
If a development provides an amenity to replace an existing amenity, regardless of whether there is a qualitative enhancement or change of amenity type, this must be considered as an existing amenity.
A new amenity provided by the development may only be considered as ‘additional’ where there is a net increase in the number of compliant amenities resulting from the development.
2 points: at least one additional amenity
3 points: two or more additional amenities
This will be updated in the next reissue of the technical manual.
Hotels and other short stay accommodation – cycle storage unit of measure - KBCN0676
The cycle storage requirement for hotels and other short‑stay accommodation is
1 space per 10 staff. Guests or visitors staying at the hotel are excluded from the calculation.
Where a hotel includes on‑site facilities such as conference spaces, restaurants, or gyms, visitors to these facilities should also be included in the cycle-storage calculation:
1 space per 10 guests.
Specific Note for Refurbishment and Fit Out International 2015
Table 36 in the technical manual incorrectly refers to “1 staff and 1 visitor, or 1 bed.” Please ignore this error and follow the guidance above.
16-Feb-2026 - Wording update to be applicable across multiple BREEAM Schemes
20-Oct-2025 - Guidance clarified and updated to align with all current BREEAM scheme guidance.
23-Jul-2018 Wording added to include clarification on what to base the calculation of cycle spaces on.
Technical manual to be updated accordingly in next re-issue.
Information correct as of 26thFebruary 2026. Please see kb.breeam.com for the latest compliance information.