Protection Consultation Responses
The PRU has been involved in responding to a number of key Government and industry consultations which will form the basis of an improved building safety system. These include responses from 2021-2023.
- 09 April 2024 – Changes to various permitted development rights: consultation
- 05 April 2024 – Competence and Conduct Standard for social housing: consultation
- 07 March 2024 – Future Homes and Buildings Standards: 2023 consultationÂ
- 05 March 2024 – Awaab’s Law: Consultation on Timescales for Repairs in the Social Rented Sector
- 20 February 2024 – Second technical consultation on the Building Safety LevyÂ
- 19 February 2024 – Consultation on the Building Safety Levy (Scotland)
- 22 January 2024 – Consultation on building standards enforcement and sanctions (Scotland)Â
- 08 January 2024 – Consultation on amendments to Part B (Fire Safety) of the Building Regulations (Wales)
- 08 December 2023 – Consultation on The Smoke, Heat and Carbon Monoxide Alarms for Private Tenancies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024
- 22 November 2023 – Consultation on Provision of information to tenants: Direction to the Social Housing Regulator on tenants’ rights and complaints
- 13 November 2023 – Review of energy efficiency requirements and related areas of Building Regulations (Northern Ireland)
- 10 November 2023 – Submission to the House of Lords Built Environment Committee Short Inquiry: Modern Methods of Construction
- 18 October 2023 – Levelling-Up and Regeneration Bill: consultation on implementation of plan-making reformsÂ
- 25 September 2023 – Consultation on permitted development rights
- 22 September 2023 – Consultation on Fire Safety Changes to the Local Building Regulations Northern Ireland
- 26 June 2023 – Consultation on the Decent Homes Standard
- 16 June 2023 – Consultation on the information document that highlights the necessary competency for those managing high-risk buildings
- 16 June 2023- Consultation on the provisions Wales needs to make in regulations to support the changes to the Building Control profession and bodies in Wales
- 16 June 2023 – Health and Safety Executive – Consultation on HSE’s information document that highlights the necessary competency for the new principal designer and principal contractor roles – NFCC Response
- 8 June 2023 – Planning Directorate – Infrastructure Levy Technical Consultation – Joint Response of the Emergency Services
- 7 June 2023 – Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities – Consultation on the introduction of a use class for short term lets and associated permitted development rights – NFCC Response
- 7 June 2023 – Department for Culture, Media and Sport – Consultation on registration scheme for short-term lets in England – NFCC Response
- 19 May 2023 – Consultation on commencement of Section 156 of the Building Safety Act 2022 in WalesÂ
- 12 May 2023 – Consultation on the draft definition of a higher-risk building for the design and construction elements of the new building safety regime
- 25 April 2023 – Consultation on permitted development rights: supporting temporary recreational campsites, renewable energy, and film-making consultationÂ
- 31 March 2023 – Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities – Consultation on Alternative Cost Recovery for Remediation – NFCC ResponseÂ
- 17 March 2023 – Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Consultation proposal on options to recommend sprinklers in care homes, remove national classifications from Approved Document B, and recommend a maximum height threshold for the use of one staircase in blocks of flats.
- 14 March 2023 – Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities – Consultation for changes to the building control and profession process for approved inspectors – NFCC Response
- 7 March 2023 – Welsh Government – Consultation on Fire suppression systems in care homes for children – NFCC Response
- 20 January 2023 – Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities – Consultation on Building Safety Directors – NFCC Response
- 25 October 2022 – Health and Safety Executive – Building Safety Regulator Operational Standards Rules Consultation – NFCC Response
- 12 October 2022 – Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities – Consultation on implementing the new building control regime for higher-risk buildings and wider changes to the building regulations for all buildings – NFCC Response
- 12 October 2022 – Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities – Consultation on the new safety regime for occupied higher-risk buildings – NFCC Response
- 18 August 2022 – Government Equalities Office – Open Consultation – Improving disabled people’s access to let residential premises: reasonable adjustments to common parts, a new duty – NFCC Response
- 9 August 2022 – Home Office Emergency Evacuation Information Sharing (EEIS) Consultation – NFCC Response
- 21 July 2022 – Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities – Higher Risk Buildings (Descriptions and Supplementary Provisions) Consultation – NFCC Response
- 10 November 2021 – PAS 8672 -Built Environment – Framework for competence of individual Principal Contractors and Designated Individuals working under Organizational Principal Contractors – Specification
- 22 October 2021 – Safety Case Principles consultation
- 15 October 2021 – Building Safety Levy, Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities
- 14 September 2021 – PAS 8673 – Built environment – Framework for competence of individual Building Safety Managers and nominated individual Building Safety Managers – Specification
- 17 August 2021 – Building Bulletin 100: Fire Safety Design in Schools – NFCC ResponseÂ
- 19 July 2021 – Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans (PEEPs) Consultation
- 13 April 2021 – Welsh Government Safer Buildings in Wales Consultation – NFCC Response
- 26 March 2021 – MHCLG National Planning Policy Framework and National Model Design Code: Consultation proposals – NFCC ResponseÂ
- 9 March 2021 – Charter for Social Housing Residents – Social Housing White Paper ResponseÂ
- 1 February 2021 – MHCLG: Supporting housing delivery and public service infrastructure: NFCC response
- 25 January 2021 – RICS Draft Guidance Note – Valuation of properties in multi-storey, multi-occupancy residential buildings with cladding, 1st edition – NFCC Response
- 22 January 2021 – MHCLG Architects Act Consultation NFCC Response
- 11 January 2021 – MHCLG Domestic Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm Consultation – Proposals to Extend Regulations
- 1 December 2020 – MHCLG Raising accessibility standards for new homes – NFCC Response
- 29 October 2020 – Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee Consultation The Future of the Planning System in England – NFCC ResponseÂ
- 29 October 2020 – MHCLG Planning for the Future Consultation – NFCC Response
- 24 October 2020 – Draft Scottish Advice Note: Determining the fire risk posed by external wall systems in existing multi-storey residential buildings – NFCC Response
- 21 October 2020 – Fire and Rescue Authorities becoming statutory consultees in the development management process – NFCC Response
- 12 October 2020 – Home Office Fire Safety Order – NFCC Response
- 30 September 2020 – Pre White Paper: Welsh Government Building Safety Position Statement
- 14 September 2020 – Select Committee Call for Evidence on the Draft Building Safety Bill
- 2 July 2020 – Call for Evidence: Progress in remediating dangerous cladding: Public Accounts Committee
- 22 May 2020 – Review of the ban on the use of combustible materials in and on the external walls of buildings: MHCLG
- 18 May 2020 – Call for Evidence: Cladding: progress on remediation: HCLG Select Committee
- 3 March 2020 – Guide to the Design of Balconies and Terraces, Draft for Public Consultation
- 26 February 2020 – Fire Safety: Risk Prioritisation in Existing Buildings – A Call for Evidence
- 7 February 2020 – The Future Homes Standard: 2019 Consultation on changes to Part L (conservation of fuel and power) and Part F (ventilation) of the Building Regulations for new dwellings
Our protection focused responses to consultations pre-2020 can be found on NFCC’s Consultation responses page.Â