Mayor’s fire safety plan for London aims to exceed national building regulations

In his draft guidance on fire safety, the Mayor of London is seeking to ensure the highest standards of fire safety from the earliest design stages. Ron Alalouff investigates the details of the proposals.

The guidance sets out how developers should demonstrate compliance with the Mayor’s detailed London Plan policies to achieve “the highest standards in fire safety and safe and dignified evacuations”. This is in addition to the Government’s fire safety considerations that apply only to a limited number of buildings at the planning application stage. Read the full article here.