All Regulations articles – Page 18
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CommentThe end of the planning bill is nigh – but what does it mean for housing development?
The widely expected dropping of the government’s planning legislation will make it harder to build 300,000 homes a year, warns Colin Brown
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NewsGovernment considered replacing building control with insurance, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Radical measure was one option presented to ministers as part of drive to cut red tape
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CommentGetting regulation wrong has consequences
Regulation is crucial for society’s safety, but it needs to be clear, consistent and targeted, argues David Orr
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News‘Draconian’ building safety measures step closer after being agreed by Lords committee
Powers to prohibit house builders developing schemes agreed despite HBF compromise offer
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NewsHousebuilders offer compromise deal to Gove on cladding costs
HBF says members would agree to carry out critical works on own buildings and hand back Building Safety Fund cash
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NewsBuilding Safety Bill changes would drive SMEs out of housing development market, CIC warns
Concern grows that extension of limitation period to 30 years could hit insurance availability and damage levelling up ambitions
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CommentGove’s cladding remediation fund: what are the rights of housebuilders now?
Construction lawyer Martha Mordecai explains where Gove’s proposed cladding fund legislation leaves housebuilders legally
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NewsGetting overseas firms to pay for cladding costs ‘practically difficult’, Gove admits
Housing secretary says ministers may lack ‘total authority’ to force non-UK based firms to pay into £4bn remediation fund
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News‘Few housebuilders have built much over 11 metres in height’, HBF tells MPs
Trade body believes housebuilders are being unfairly targeted by Gove
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NewsHousing associations back Gove’s cladding plan despite housebuilder fears
G15 and NHF back measures branded ‘draconian’ and ‘inequitable’ by housebuilders
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CommentGove’s building safety measures are positive but more clarity is needed
The housing secretary’s package of proposals on building safety are significant but many questions remain, writes Paul Hackett
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NewsEWS1 forms will still be used for several years, lenders warn
Fire risk assessment process will take a long time says UK Finance
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NewsRICS boss hits back at Gove’s plan for new monitoring powers over body
Interim chief executive Richard Collins questions purpose of planned statutory governance reviews
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CommentThe Leasehold Reform Bill: a misplaced eye on developers
Limiting a ground rents ban to new-builds seems oddly aimed at housebuilders, who for the most part have modified their practice on this anyway, argues Linda Kirk
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NewsHousing funding rules set for overhaul to support ‘levelling up’
‘80/20 rule’ axed to channel more Homes England money into the north and midlands
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NewsKingspan ordered to halt sales of Kooltherm K15 insulation product
Insulation manufacturer recalls batches of the same product used on Grenfell after it was found to have lower than advertised fire safety performance
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NewsCladding manufacturers must pay into fund or face ban, Gove says
Housing secretary says cladding and insultation sector must contribute ‘significant portion’ of remediation costs
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NewsMPs launch inquiry into Gove’s building safety funding plan
Committee calls for industry submissions on proposed £4bn housebuilder levy
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NewsRICS set to overhaul property valuation rules following review
Stricter guidelines to be implemented following concern over independence of valuers
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NewsRICS to review valuation impact following Gove’s speech
Withdrawal of government advice note prompts RICS to look ‘carefully’ at impact with stakeholders