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Housing secretary lays out long-awaited transitional arrangements but gives no detail on how guidance will work
Michael Gove has said developers will have 30 months to take on board new building regs guidance calling for second staircases on buildings higher than 18 metres, before it comes fully into force.
The housing secretary, announcing promised “transitional arrangements” for the new rules in Parliament, said that the 30-month grace period will run from the date the government formally publishes and confirms the changes to Approved Document B in building regulations.
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