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UKREIIF 2026: Gateway 1 ‘not needed’, says Reform deputy leader as party sets out planning reform agenda
Richard Tice also admits sacking of former housing spokesperson Simon Dudley after Grenfell comments was a ‘fiasco’
The deputy leader of Reform has suggested his party could abolish gateway 1, the building safety checkpoint needed for high-rise buildings at planning consent stage.
Richard Tice, who said he was effectively acting as the party’s housing spokesperson following the sacking of Simon Dudley last month, said the UK needed to “apply some common sense” to the building safety regulatory regime.
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