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The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) is to carry out a ‘fundamental review’ of the building safety regulations guidance.
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner announced the review on 2 December, during a House of Commons debate on the concluding report of Sir Martin Moore-Bick’s seven-year-long public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire disaster.
Rayner told MPs that while statutory guidance on building regulations covering fire safety and building design are now subject to continuous review by the BSR, she wants to ‘go further’, adding that the ‘system itself needs reform’.
The review, which will begin next year, has three objectives: make guidance easier to understand and use; ensure regular updates reflect new technology and industry practices; and make the Approved Documents more accessible, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
The BSR has said the review will seek input from experts in architecture, building control, housebuilding, and digital and technical issues.
