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Stay Put with more than 2 flats per floor

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mosh:
I understand that a purpose built block does not need lobbied corridors if there are only 2 flats on each floor, close to the stairway.

I have come across a block that has 4 flats on the ground floor (the most distant one is about 7-8 metres from the entrance door). There are 2 flats on the first floor and 3 flats on the second (top) floor. There is AOV at the top of the stairway.

The building operates a Stay Put procedure. Is this acceptable? Can the  ground floor and top floor have more than 2 flats without being lobbied?

Thanks

AnthonyB:
When was it built and is there a fire strategy? Minor deviations in older buildings are usually tolerated where the actual risk isn't significantly higher - changing the evacuation type (& providing the associated systems) is not a step to be take lightly - are all other aspects in compliance other than the number of flats?

mosh:
Thanks for your reply.

This is quite a modern build. I don't think that it has a fire strategy. Everything else seems to be compliant.

AnthonyB:
It should have one then as part of the Regulation 38 package, although for something of this size it will probably just be annotated fire floor plans.

mosh:
They don't have a fire strategy, and there was apparently no proper handover to the current owners, so they don't have fire floor plans.

The ground-floor flats can escape via windows. However, there are still 3 flats on the second floor.

Would this require a change to a fire alarm system and an evacuation policy?

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