All Regulations articles – Page 3
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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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Gove’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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Getting 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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‘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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Housing associations back Gove’s cladding plan despite housebuilder fears
G15 and NHF back measures branded ‘draconian’ and ‘inequitable’ by housebuilders
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Gove’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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EWS1 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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RICS 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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The 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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Housing 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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Kingspan 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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Cladding 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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MPs launch inquiry into Gove’s building safety funding plan
Committee calls for industry submissions on proposed £4bn housebuilder levy
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RICS set to overhaul property valuation rules following review
Stricter guidelines to be implemented following concern over independence of valuers
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RICS to review valuation impact following Gove’s speech
Withdrawal of government advice note prompts RICS to look ‘carefully’ at impact with stakeholders
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Industry figures warn Gove’s £4bn cladding levy plan unlikely to work
Plan for developers to voluntarily fund fire safety work could lead to more delays for leaseholders and legal challenge, experts warn
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Government set to remove controversial EWS1 form advice
Long-awaited removal of building safety guidance expected imminently
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Government to force housebuilders to pay £4bn cladding bill
Gove threatens legal action and funding removal if industry doesn’t meet cost of remediating blocks 11 to 18 metres in height
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Swan finance director resigns
More changes at the top as housing association seeks to improve governance after breaching standard
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Government mandates 30% cut in carbon for new homes
Revised building regulations mean reducing carbon emissions by a third from this summer
