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What does Building Regulations mean? In legal practice, Building Regulations are the statutory rules setting minimum standards for the design, construction and alteration of buildings and for building services, to protect health and safety, ensure access to and use of buildings, and conserve energy. The term is legislative in each jurisdiction but used generically across property, construction and planning. England and Wales: Building Regulations 2010 (as amended), supported by Approved Documents (for example Parts A, B, L and M). In England the Building Safety Act 2022 established the Building Safety Regulator and registration for Building Control Inspectors and Registered Building Control Approvers; Wales issues its...

Planning Gateway One and Fire Safety in Planning: Fire Statements, HSE Consultation, Prior Approval and Second Staircases for High‑Rise Residential Buildings in England

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Background to Planning Gateway One

In the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower tragedy on 14 June 2017, the government asked Dame Judith Hackitt to lead the Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety. The review stressed the need to overhaul the fire and building safety system and advised that, when local planning authorities (LPAs) consider planning submissions, certain minimum fire safety matters must be addressed with input from suitably qualified experts. From June 2019 to April 2020, the government consulted on ‘Building a safer future: proposals for reform of the building safety regulatory system’. This introduced ‘Planning Gateway One’ in England, comprising two principal elements:

requiring developers to submit a fire statement, setting out fire safety considerations specific to the development, with any relevant Application for planning permission involving one or more relevant buildings; and
establishing the Health and Safety Executive as a statutory consultee for relevant planning applications

From 1 August 2021, the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015, SI 2015/595 (the DMPO), in England gives effect to these Requirements. In June 2021, the government published...

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