Guidance on meeting regulations to be simplified
The housing secretary has asked the 星空传媒 Safety Regulator to undertake a 鈥渇undamental review鈥� of guidance on building regulations.
In her opening speech during the House of Commons debate on the Grenfell Inquiry Phase 2 report, Angela Rayner announced the investigation into the Approved Documents.
The Approved Documents provide detailed guidance for built environment professionals on how to meet the requirements of building regulations but there have been criticisms that it is too complicated and difficult to use.
Both the 2018 Hackitt review and this year鈥檚 Grenfell Inquiry report highlighted these problems, with the former calling the Approved Documents 鈥渃omplex, ambiguous and not user-friendly鈥�.
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