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Trouble is the UK has 4 sets of building regs. And seem's like even the guides on them can't give a straight answer.To add to the clouds in this thread,sockets are very often sited in adjacent cupboards
We can read the Iee Building regs guide and 5.2.2 of that guide specifically mentions not putting sockets in cupboards
They make the statement then use the word "should" be mounted on the fabric of the building and not in kitchen cupboards
If the intention is use only the fabric of the building why didn't they use the word "must"!
The Iee can sometimes speak with forked tongue
I have no issue with a socket mounting inside a unit regs/safety wise. I just think it looks terrible and like a botch job, and the kitchen carcass will have taken a bit of butchering works to have it done...especially if a hole is drilled for plug