They also say:

"Thus there is no obligation to adopt any particular solution contained in
an Approved Document if you prefer to meet the relevant requirement in
some
other way."

However, some people have a brain fart and interpret that to mean:

"Everything in this document is rubbish. You can make your walls out of
newspaper if you like."

They don't seem to understand that the "some other way" actually involves
ensuring similar energy savings/safety whatever and justifying it to the
BCO. If using some other method, you should be able to justify that the
proposed solution as at least as effective as the officially suggested one.

Christian.