Next year’s general election could see the proposed 2010 revisions to Part L scrapped.

A Local Authority Ðǿմ«Ã½ Control (LABC) spokesperson said that it was on track to meet the 2010 deadline.

However LABC suggested that a change in government could lead to the revisions being shelved.

The spokesperson said: “Communities and Local Government (CLG) has learnt a lot from the problems back in 2006, but with the general election on the horizon who knows? If a new government came in and they wanted to handle the built environment in a different way, there could be problems passing the revisions.â€

CLG told BSD: “We just don’t know. In practical terms there’s often a continuation of policy from one administration to the next, but that is entirely down to the discretion of the incoming government. There would be nothing to stop them changing policy.â€

The next general election must be held on or before June 2010.There are two windows to pass the Part L revisions, one pre election (April) and one post-election (October).

It has been reported that the 2010 revision will see a 25% reduction on 2006 levels.