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Government response: Sprinklers and other fire safety measures in new high-rise blocks of flats
Publication Year
2020
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Presents the Government response to the September to November 2019 consultation, focussing on requirements within Approved Document B relating to sprinklers in high-rise blocks of flats, wayfinding signage for fire and rescue services, and evacuation alert systems. Implementation will take the form of a 6-month transition period, due to come into force by 26 November 2020.
Document History
Supersedes: Sprinklers and other fire safety measures in new high-rise blocks of flats. A consultation (MHCLG, 2019). Consultation closed: 28 November 2019
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
