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I have first fixed a kitchen area all walls and ceilings plastered.

Now the owner has completely redesigned the layout of the kitchen, so I have a couple of sockets where there of no use now, one of them ends up being behind a very small hand wash bowl, do you think this will be a problem to LABC does it go against any Part P regs?

It's not a full size sink for general use, just a small one to wash hands.. Common sense says there is no serious danger here so could be left, or do you think I'll end up putting a blank plate over this one also??
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It will obviously depend on the individual BCO.
However the general rule of thumb is that a socket-outlet should be 300mm from a sink.
It appears in your case that the socket-outlet is more than 300mm from the sink.
 
doesn't go against anything in BS7671 - guidance usually suggests >300mm so looks pretty close to that :)
 

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