Hill to redesign four major schemes due to second staircase rule

By Joey Gardiner2023-06-09T05:00:00

Affected proposals total more than 2,500 homes

Housebuilder Hill has taken four major residential schemes back to the drawing board totalling over 2,500 homes due to new requirements to add a second staircase to residential blocks of more than 30m.

Andy Hill, chief executive of £716m-turnover Hill Group told Building’s sister title Housing Today the requirements for a second staircase, which are out for consultation across England but have been brought in already in London, were causing delays of at least six months per scheme and would hit their viability.

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