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For the first time, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has exercised its regulatory function under the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA)...
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The BSR has updated its higher-risk building approval guidance in relation to: Staged applications - A new section headed ‘Staged...
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The Building (Higher-Risk Buildings Procedures) (Wales) Regulations 2025 ("the Regulations") was laid before the Senedd on 17 December...
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Currently, the definition of a higher-risk building (HRB) is any building that is: at least 18 metres in height, or at least 7...
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Everyone involved with building work on higher-risk buildings (HRBs) will be acutely aware of the frustration that building control...
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From today (27 October 2025), the Hazards in Social Housing (Prescribed Requirements) (England) Regulations 2025, commonly known as...
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In our May article, we wrote about the progress made by the Government following its acceptance of the 58 recommendations made by the...
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You may have missed that over the summer, as part of a phased introduction of changes, the Welsh Government has published its Developer...
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The Regulator for Social Housing has today released its findings from the 2025-26 Q1 Fire Safety Remediation Survey on buildings over 11...
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A recent decision by the Upper Tribunal (‘UT’) in Almacantar Centre Point Nominee No 1 Ltd and another v de Valk and others [2025] UKUT...
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In August 2025, the Government published its joint plan to accelerate the remediation of social housing (“the Joint Plan”). The Joint...
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On Thursday 11 September, we were delighted to jointly host a conference with Five Paper: “Risks and Opportunities for Housing Providers...