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RICS rejects government call to change EWS1 advice for smaller blocks
Ministers’ plan to free up the housing market by reducing the use of controversial fire safety information forms faces setback
The government’s drive to ensure smaller housing blocks are no longer subject to EWS1 form requirements has hit a setback with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) refusing to change its current guidance on their use.
This flies in the face of the recent insistence by ministers that housing blocks below 18m in height should no longer require fire safety checks.
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