Local authority ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Control departments around the country heaved a collective sigh of relief last month after the Department for Communities and Local Government published its consultation paper The Future of ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Control.

Relief because there were no suggestions that council’s ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Control departments should be done away with, as was mooted in a paper last year.

The best news about DCLG’s proposals is the idea that ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Regulations should be revised at set three-year intervals, with most sections being updated once every two cycles. Part L would be updated every cycle. This would give greater predictability for developers, designers and ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Control professionals.

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Construction Manager

Postscript

The consultation closes on 10 June 2008. Fiona Davies, CIOB’s policy and ambassador development manager, will be co-ordinating the institute’s submission on the consultation fdavies@ciob.org.uk

View the paper at www.communities.gov.uk/documents/ planningandbuilding/doc/728605