In the latest instalment of the Government’s ‘red-tape challenge’ (further details are here), developers have been asked to suggest which regulations in the housing and construction sector should be scrapped, merged with other regulations, simplified or improved.
The Government is asking for opinions on regulations that affect the private rented sector, social housing, construction, and the building regulations. Full details are here.
In the Government’s press release on the issue, Communities Minister Baroness Hanham said:
“For years builders, businesses, landlords and residents have had to navigate an increasingly complicated set of rules and regulations to do things by the book. Now we’re giving them the chance to tell us what they would like us to change so that building a new home or property is a smoother ride.”
Interested parties have four more weeks to put forward their views and this can be done on the Red tape challenge website. This website has full details of the challenge and you can also read the opinions of those who have already commented (and respond to those comments if you so wish.)
