Gove tightens second staircase rules

Second staircases will need to be installed on all new buildings taller than 18 metres.
The new rules were confirmed by Housing Secretary Michael Gove on Monday.
Consultations last year had an initial threshold of 30m for second staircases in new schemes which has already been adopted in London and subsequently led to the shelving of a series of planned new residential schemes.Gove said his tighter rules would provide definitive guidelines for developers and “transitional arrangements&rdqu