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  • High-rise residential development & fire safety: the new ‘planning’ requirements

    High-rise residential development & fire safety: the new ‘planning’ requirements

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    From 1 August 2021, any application for full planning permission to construct a new building (or to change the use of an existi…

  • Building Safety Bill, 05 July 2021: key provisions and how they affect residential developers

    Building Safety Bill, 05 July 2021: key provisions and how they affect residential developers

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    New provisions have been introduced within the proposed Draft Building Safety Bill, published on 5 July 2021, including those a…

  • Unlimited fines for breach of fire safety regulations

    Unlimited fines for breach of fire safety regulations

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    Following on from the Grenfell tragedy, the Government continues to announce further measures to strengthen fire safety. The im…

  • The Building Safety Bill: what housebuilders need to know

    The Building Safety Bill: what housebuilders need to know

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    The impact of the Building Safety Bill upon the building industry and the safety management of higher risk buildings is signifi…

  • RICS issue updated guidance on the EWS1 certification

    RICS issue updated guidance on the EWS1 certification

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    After the initial problems caused by the EWS1 certification last year, RICS has issued new guidance to try and cut through some…

  • The extension to the Building Safety Fund: counting the cost of cladding remediation

    The extension to the Building Safety Fund: counting the cost of cladding remediation

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    In this article, we look at the Government’s latest announcement on cladding and high rise building safety and outline where fu…

  • An overview of the draft Building Safety Bill

    An overview of the draft Building Safety Bill

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    Here we provide an overview of the draft Building Safety Bill, published by the Government In July 2020 the Bill has the lofty …

  • An overview of the draft Fire Safety Bill

    An overview of the draft Fire Safety Bill

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    An overview of the draft Fire Safety Bill, which is currently being reviewed in Parliament, with its intended purpose to update…

  • Issues arising with cladding remediation claims

    Issues arising with cladding remediation claims

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    Construction litigation is often fraught with challenges and never more so in the current cladding context where the Government…

  • The next step in fire and cladding has emerged from the Government

    The next step in fire and cladding has emerged from the Government

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    The Government has published its response to the Select Committee Report on the progress of cladding remediation following the …

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