Westminster council orders redesign of Ebury Estate to add second staircases

Ebury Bridge estate

Controversial £350m estate regeneration the latest to be affected by proposed new fire safety rules

Westminster council is redesigning a controversial £350m regeneration scheme in Pimlico, central London, to comply with the proposed fire safety requirement for second staircases in buildings above 18m.

Councillors have ordered Astudio, lead architect on the local authority’s regeneration of the Ebury Estate, to add a second means of escape to six buildings on the 781-home development.

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