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Not sure how high your flat is. 3.18 b ii here might be relevant
I think this is relevant. You wouldn't be running past the cooker but you'd be running past the LHS of the room with the cooker in.Don't want to be a dick or endanger my neighbours in anyway but having an open plan new kitchen is definitely safer than the current setup which is good knows how old and the oven is sketchy as....
Also don't want to not be able to sell it. The building is from the 1850s and is already built, so quite hard to meet regs
bobble-
I think it's less about endangering neighbours and more whoever is in the flat.
The theory is that a fire is most likely to start in the kitchen (lots of hot stuff, high draw appliances, etc) and if that fire does start then everyone in the flat should be able to get out safely when the fire alarm goes off in the middle of the night. Normally the kitchen door slows the fire enough to get out, without the kitchen door the fire (and smoke) is right by the exit.
I had similar pondering in my old flat with a similar sized kitchen about moving the kitchen, stealing some space, etc but ultimately the small kitchen wasn't too bad once I worked out the best use of the space. I pretty often cooked for half a dozen people in there, just had to be organised about washing up as I went (and ditched the microwave as it took up too much space).
aggi
Pretty sure you'll need something as that forms an escape route. It may be a fire door or a sprinkler system or just a load of fire alarms (probably not that one).
I spent a long time looking up various impenetrable regs when I was looking at my place, speaking to someone at building control was an easy way to find out what was and wasn't allowed (and what compromises they would sign off on).
Not sure how high your flat is. 3.18 b ii here might be relevant
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/937931/ADB_Vol1_Dwellings_2019_edition_inc_2020_amendments.pdf