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Amendments to Approved Document B 2019
Publication Year
2020
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Announces amendments for the 2019 edition of Approved Document B (Fire safety) - volume 1: Dwellings and volume 2: Buildings other than dwellings, due to come into effect on 26 November 2020. The amendment relates to a change of focus for residential blocks of flats and mixed-use buildings containing flats, covering sprinklers, wayfinding signage for the fire service, extensions and boundaries.
Document History
Issued as part of the: Building regulations: circular letters collection initially published by DCLG and now continued by MHCLG: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/building-regulations-circulars. Circular letter dated 26 2020.
Publisher Information
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is a UK Government ministerial department with responsibility for several policy areas including building regulation, community integration, economic development in coastal and seaside areas, energy efficiency in buildings, high streets and town centres, housing, local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) and Enterprise Zones, localism, planning reform and the planning system. They were previously known as the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, MHCLG, Department for Communities and Local Government, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, and the Department for Transport and Local Government.
2 Marsham Street
London
MHCLG
UK
Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-housing-communities-and-local-government
