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If you are worried about nuisance tripping, if practically possible, why not split the radial into 2 or 3 circuits rather than one? As Lucien mentioned, if the accumulative earth leakage is sufficient to trip the rcd then it could be dangerously high anyhow, potentially making the circuit unsafe to use. Omitting the rcd rather than re-designing the install is not the answer. It is your duty as an electrician to design any install to a safe standard for all possible scenarios.

You cannot rely on a person's "word" that nothing else will ever be plugged in. You know as well as I do that this just doesn't happen in real life.

I think you are doing the right thing by installing a rcbo
i did consider extra circuits but not enough room in board
 
Lack of space in the CU isn't an excuse. The circuit can be surface wired from a non RCD protected spare way in the CU to more than one RCD FCUs close to the sockets, with each RCD feeding a group of sockets.
 

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