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7/23/2025 2:39:01 PM

Guidance on Level of Detail for Gateway Applications

By Mark London James King

Following on from our earlier article regarding the publishing of new Construction Leadership Council guidance (“CLC”), this article...

7/23/2025 2:19:09 PM

CLC Issues New Guidance to Tackle Gateway 2 Delays

By Mark London Jonathan Corris Triya Maicha

Following on swiftly from the recent Fast Track Process announcement, the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has released a suite of...

7/16/2025 8:00:31 AM

Building Safety Levy Regulations Published

By James King

The Draft Building Safety Levy (England) Regulations 2025 have now been published. Set to come into force on 1 October 2026, the draft...

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...

6/25/2025 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. ...

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