BUILDING REGULATIONS REFORM PROPOSALS
Section 2 of the consultation document includes proposed changes to the standards for new buildings
7 on workmanship, to address the CE marking requirements in the new EU Construction Products Regulation. Section two outlines proposals to
Part L to increase the energy efficiency of buildings, covering changes to the standards for new buildings and the introduction of consequential improvements to dwellings when certain work is carried out on them. There is also a proposal to simplify the Approved Documents, to make them easier to understand and comply with, and a fully worked example of how Approved Document L1A might look under the new approach is also provided in the package. Section three contains proposals in relation to Part P for electrical safety in homes, and Section four outlines changes to the building control system. Section one also explains the government commitments to reducing regulatory burdens on business and how the package fits with the government’s ‘one- in, one-out’ policy on regulation. It sets out the commitment to reduce the total regulatory burden on the house building industry during the current Spending Review period, and it explains how all the
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