Devonshires

7/3/2025 12:33:07 PM

New consultation published on reformed Decent Homes Standard for social and privately rented homes

By Victoria Smith Anna Bennett

The MHCLG launched a consultation on 2 July 2025 on a reformed Decent Homes Standard (DHS) for social and privately rented homes. This...

6/30/2025 11:02:37 AM

Building Safety Regulator Reform - a 'Fast Track' process

By James King

HRB building control approval applications under the new approval process, known as Gateway 2, have been facing criticism for the...

6/30/2025 8:00:44 AM

New Resolution Process for Building Safety Claims in the TCC and FTT

By Alicia Ogborn Will O'Brien

The Building Safety Act Working Group announced on Friday 20 June 2025 that it intends to introduce a new streamlined resolution process...

6/26/2025 2:02:22 PM

Awaab’s Law: Government releases its response to consultation and publishes draft guidance for social landlords

By Kerri Harrison Baljit Basra

The Government has released its response to the consultation on new requirements under Awaab’s Law, including timescales for repairs in...

6/25/2025 12:43:01 PM

The Expanding Reach of Environmental Criminal Law

By Michael Lewis Prateek Sharma

Think breaching a Tree Preservation Order is just a planning issue? Think again. Environmental offences are no longer a side note in...

6/23/2025 2:59:53 PM

The FTT finds that legal costs of Remediation Order and Remediation Contribution Order applications can be recovered via a RCO

By Zoe McLean-Wells Will O'Brien

The First-tier Tribunal (“FTT”) recently arrived at its decision in respect of a Remediation Order (RO) pursuant to section 123 of the...

6/11/2025 3:56:37 PM

Spending Review marks a big renewal for housing in the UK

By Triya Maicha Jonathan Corris Ben Halsey

The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, presented her 2025 Spending Review (SR25) to Parliament today and, on the face of things, it was very good...

5/30/2025 11:03:49 AM

Roof garden storeys: new MHCLG guidance reiterates that FTT is wrong

By Will O'Brien

Back in October 2024, a ruling of the First-Tier Tribunal cast doubt over the accuracy and legality of Government guidance as to...

5/30/2025 10:57:23 AM

Grenfell - The First Progress Report

By Lena Barnes

Following the Government’s acceptance of all the findings of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry on 26 February 2025, it agreed to take action to...

5/29/2025 4:42:53 PM

Housing Ombudsman releases latest Spotlight report on repairs and maintenance

By Victoria Smith Kerri Harrison

The Housing Ombudsman has released its latest Spotlight report titled “Repairing Trust”. The report sets out that the causes for...

5/21/2025 2:38:41 PM

Supreme Court publishes decision on URS Corporation Ltd v BDW Trading Ltd

By James King Will O'Brien

Story so far… URS was the structural engineer for BDW in relation to residential tower blocks that were developed between 2005 and 2012. ...

5/15/2025 4:40:41 PM

HCLG expresses concerns over Government response to the Grenfell Tower fire

By Zoe McLean-Wells Ellie Fletcher

The House of Commons Housing, Communities and Local Government committee (HCLG) has written to the Angela Raynor (Secretary of State) and...

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