Building, fire safety and leasehold reform: With management comes responsibility

Oliver Park argues that the government’s drive to abolish leasehold is difficult to reconcile with the growing regulation of the sector, in particular in relation to building and fire safety The process is typically driven forward by a few individuals, and participants often agree to join without properly thinking through whether they or any of …
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Building safety and planning: Planning Gateway One

Fiona Sawyer and Kate Wilson consider the implications of Planning Gateway One in the wider context of the building safety regime Given their size and complexity, many schemes involving relevant buildings will, in turn, include an application for outline planning consent. One wonders what the government’s thinking is in apparently exempting schemes that involve construction …
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Cladding: A way forward

Jeremy Raj, Mark Clinton and Claire Petricca Riding of Irwin Mitchell provide an insight into how the industry can move forward from the ‘cladding crisis’ Some responsible developers came forward early in the process volunteering to remediate buildings they had constructed. Others have been less forthcoming, and positions have hardened as the extent of the …
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