This area of the consultation on implementing the new regime for occupied higher-risk buildings relates to residents' voice.
Residents and leaseholders should be safe and feel safe in their homes. We are introducing a set of specific residents’ voice requirements that will ensure all residents are informed about building safety, are engaged in discussions about how to keep their building safe (including their own responsibilities) and are empowered to challenge unsafe or unreasonable...More
There are 12 consultation sections in this area. These consultations all relate to the proposed changes to Building Regulations under Part Three of the Building Safety Act 2022. A HTML version of this consultations can be found here .
Following the Grenfell Tower tragedy, the Government appointed Dame Judith Hackitt to lead an Independent Review of Building regulations and Fire Safety. In her final report , Dame Judith Hackitt outlined a new approach to managing fire and structural...More
This area of the consultation on implementing the new building control regime for higher-risk buildings and wider changes to the building regulations for all buildings relates to the new dutyholder roles and responsibilities in the building regulations to ensure a stronger focus on compliance with the regulations.
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This area of the consultation on implementing the new building control regime for higher-risk buildings and wider changes to the building regulations for all buildings relates to the series of robust gateway points to strengthen regulatory oversight before a building is occupied.
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This area of the consultation on implementing the new building control regime for higher-risk buildings and wider changes to the building regulations for all buildings relates to regulator's notices.
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This area of the consultation on implementing the new building control regime for higher-risk buildings and wider changes to the building regulations for all buildings relates to building work carried out in existing higher-risk buildings (refurbishments).
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This area of the consultation on implementing the new building control regime for higher-risk buildings and wider changes to the building regulations for all buildings relates to a stronger change control process for higher-risk buildings.
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This area of the consultation on implementing the new building control regime for higher-risk buildings and wider changes to the building regulations for all buildings relates to regularisation of building work.
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This area of the consultation on implementing the new building control regime for higher-risk buildings and wider changes to the building regulations for all buildings relates to the g olden thread - having the right people at the right time to have information to support compliance with all applicable building regulations.
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This area of the consultation on implementing the new building control regime for higher-risk buildings and wider changes to the building regulations for all buildings relates to mandatory occurance reporting.
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This area of the consultation on implementing the new building control regime for higher-risk buildings and wider changes to the building regulations for all buildings relates to m ore rigorous enforcement powers. A wider and more flexible range of powers will be created to focus incentives on the creation of reliably safe buildings from the outset. This includes compliance and appeals.
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This area of the consultation on implementing the new building control regime for higher-risk buildings and wider changes to the building regulations for all buildings relates to wider changes to the building regulations to align the existing system with the new system.
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This area of the consultation on implementing the new building control regime for higher-risk buildings and wider changes to the building regulations for all buildings relates to transitional provisions for higher-risk buildings.
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This area of the consultation on implementing the new regime for occupied higher-risk buildings relates to the registration of higher-risk buildings.
As part of the new regulatory requirements, the Building Safety Act 2022 (the Act) will require all occupied buildings in scope of the new more stringent regulatory regime (higher-risk buildings) to be registered with the Building Safety Regulator.
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This consultation seeks views on a new Direction from the Secretary of State to the Regulator of Social Housing in relation to social housing rent policy. It focuses on the introduction of a rent ceiling from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024, which would act as an upper limit on the maximum amount by which Registered Providers of social housing can increase rents in that year.
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This area of the consultation on implementing the new regime for occupied higher-risk buildings relates to the reviews and appeals process where disputes arise over higher-risk building decisions.
The Government is committed to delivering swift access to justice. The reviews and appeals process is designed to be collaborative, fair and transparent. Where disputes arise over higher-risk building decisions, the first stage is informal discussion and mediation between the...More
Building Safety Regulator’s proposals for the Building Safety (Fees and Charges) Regulations
This consultation sets out the Building Safety Regulator’s proposals for the Building Safety (fees and charges) regulations and an underpinning charging scheme. The consultation will run over a period of 10 weeks - closing on 7 October 2022. Find out more by visiting HSE’s consultation HUB.
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The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (the Department) has policy responsibility for local authority accounting. In practice, under the Local Authorities (Capital Finance and Accounting) (England) Regulations 2003 (the Regulations) authorities must comply with the accounting practices set out in the Code of Practice on Local Authority Accounting (the Code) prepared by the CIPFA LASAAC Local Authority Accounting Code Board (the Board). The Code is reviewed continuously...More
The Business Rates Retention (BRR) system distributes tax income between councils, and between councils and central government, according to need and established shares.
Separately, the next Business Rates Revaluation is due to take effect from 1 April 2023, changing business rates income retained locally. The Government has also confirmed its intention to move a number of large telecom networks and the Channel Tunnel Rail Link out of local authority rating lists into...More
The English Index of Multiple Deprivation (the IMD), produced as part of the broader English Indices of Multiple Deprivation (the IoD or the Indices), is the official measure of relative deprivation at small-area level in England. The suite of resources are designated National Statistics.
The Index of Multiple Deprivation combines indices for seven different domains of deprivation:
• Income Deprivation
• Employment Deprivation
• Education, Skills and Training...More
Everybody should be able to live in a safe home, and the government is committed to creating a fair and just housing system that works for everyone. The number of social homes classified as non-decent fell from 20% to 13% from 2010 to 2020 [1] , and through the Levelling Up White Paper and the Social Housing White Paper, we committed to radically improve housing quality and set out our ambitions to ensure that housing is safe and decent. Part of meeting these ambitions is...More
This consultation seeks views on the approach to the funding for the Homelessness Prevention Grant provided to all local housing authorities in England. This is a technical consultation on updating the funding formula for allocations to local authorities, amending the grant conditions and introducing tranche payments for the grant.
This consultation is open for response from 1 July to 26 August .
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Building Safety Fund Objective
The objectives of the Building Safety Fund are that:
the historical life safety fire risks associated with cladding on high-rise residential buildings are addressed quickly and proportionately so that residents in those homes are safe
leaseholder and resident communication and engagement on the project is effective
projects are delivered on time and to budget; and
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Based on the information you have provided you do not appear to be eligible for the Building Safety Fund.
We understand this is disappointing news, however please could you provide some basic information on your building in the following form. The form should only take a few minutes to complete and the information may help inform future policy, and allow us to consider if your building may be eligible for other grant funding.
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You have told us that you have Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) as part of your external wall system. You may be eligible for government funding to remediate the ACM on your external wall system.
We will require further information and any evidence you may have that indicates that ACM is present, and what category.
Please complete this brief questionnaire with your details. This will enable us to get in touch with you to discuss your applications and options further. ...More
This consultation is about the proposed Higher Risk Buildings (Descriptions and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations which complete the definition of higher-risk building for the new building safety regime. It seeks views on the following areas:
the overall definition of a building for the purposes of both the design and construction and occupation parts of the new more stringent building safety regime being brought forward by the Building Safety Act;
which buildings are...More
Compulsory purchase is the power to acquire land and property without the consent of the owner. It is an important tool for assembling land needed to help deliver social, environmental and economic change.
The Government’s High Street Strategy, published in July 2021, emphasised the role of compulsory purchase as a catalyst for regeneration in town centres and high streets which are seeing persistent long-term empty properties, and where there are complex and fragmented land...More