Guidance

Residential Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans (Residential PEEPs)

New regulations to improve the fire safety of disabled and vulnerable people in high rise and higher risk residential buildings.

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
• Published: 4 July 2025

Applies to England

Documents

Residential PEEPs: Factsheet

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Responsible Persons toolkit

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Responsible Persons Toolkit: Additional resources

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Residential PEEPs: Impact Assessment

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Details

The Fire Safety (Residential Evacuation Plans) (England) Regulations 2025 introduces new duties on building owners and managers in high-rise and higher risk residential buildings, to address the fire safety concerns of their most vulnerable tenants.

Through these Regulations, residents with disabilities and impairments will be entitled to: 

• a person-centred fire risk assessment to consider their specific individual risks and ability to evacuate in the event of a fire 

• the measures that could be reasonably and proportionately introduced to mitigate against their risks 

• a written statement recording what they should do in a fire 

• information shared with their local Fire and Rescue Service so they know where the most vulnerable residents live and can support their evacuation or rescue in the event of a fire

Published 4 July 2025