Safety row over London tower ducking fire regs by 30cm

Firefighters and housing campaigners have called on London Mayor Sadiq Khan to block construction of a residential tower development in Penge town centre that they claim ducks new fire safety rules by just 30cm.
Bromley Council has approved the scheme despite strong objections from the London Fire Brigade, which said the decision to lower a residential block to 17.7m – just under the 18m threshold for requiring a second staircase – was ‘not ethically justified’.
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