12/31/2025 9:30:11 AM BSR gets tough: first injunction preventing occupation By Riah Bleasby-Doherty Geri Batchelor For the first time, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has exercised its regulatory function under the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA)...
12/30/2025 9:30:10 AM Updated Gateway 2 Guidance By James King The BSR has updated its higher-risk building approval guidance in relation to: Staged applications - A new section headed ‘Staged...
12/29/2025 2:30:36 PM Higher-Risk Building Control Process set out for Wales By Mark London James King The Building (Higher-Risk Buildings Procedures) (Wales) Regulations 2025 ("the Regulations") was laid before the Senedd on 17 December...
12/18/2025 2:20:18 PM Higher-Risk Building Definition Anti-Climax By Mark London Lee Russell Currently, the definition of a higher-risk building (HRB) is any building that is: at least 18 metres in height, or at least 7...
12/16/2025 9:23:37 AM House of Lords brand BSR delays as "unacceptable" and makes recommendations for reform By Mark London Asif Patel James King Everyone involved with building work on higher-risk buildings (HRBs) will be acutely aware of the frustration that building control...
11/26/2025 5:55:34 PM Autumn Budget 2025: much anticipated, but more detail awaited By Gemma Bell Ben Halsey As is not unusual, the Chancellor's Autumn Budget sets out measures aimed at achieving fiscal stability and supporting its growth agenda....
11/26/2025 9:32:49 AM Preparing for Heat Network Regulation: Timelines, Obligations, and Next Steps By Kris Kelliher Jonathan Jarvis Understand the UK’s new heat network regulations, phased from 2025 to 2028, and what they mean for operators, landlords, and developers....
11/20/2025 4:16:22 PM Health and Safety Update: 2024/25 Statistics on Workplace Injuries and Work-Related Ill Health Published By Yaasica Hamilton-Haye Today, the Health and Safety Executive has published statistics in relation to workplace injuries and work-related ill health for...
11/6/2025 4:16:01 PM 11 November 2025 - Understanding Hillsborough Law: Implications for Local Authorities, Social Housing Providers and those carrying out public functions By Isabelle Cossey Join us for this essential one-hour webinar exploring the Public Office (Accountability) Bill, to be known as “the Hillsborough Law” and...
11/4/2025 9:26:31 AM PAS 2035:2023 – Considerations for housing providers: Six key roles, Six months on By Jamie Leonard Olivia Woolnough It has been six months since the PAS 2035:2023 standard became mandatory for all Government-backed retrofit schemes in the UK. The 31...
10/13/2025 12:54:15 PM Data Centres and the UK Planning System: A Sector in Flux By Dan Moan Caroline Mostowfi Hannah Langford Introduction Data centres have rapidly evolved from niche infrastructure to strategic assets at the heart of the UK’s digital economy. As...
10/1/2025 8:09:39 AM An Update on the Grenfell Recommendations - as 1 becomes 3 By Lena Barnes In our May article, we wrote about the progress made by the Government following its acceptance of the 58 recommendations made by the...