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Fire Safety Law – A 2022 Update
In April 2021, the Fire Safety Act became law and transformed the regulatory environment of the build environment and fire safety sectors. Dr Nick Williams, Course Leader on the Building Control Surveyor Apprentice Degree and Senior Lecturer at the University of Wolverhampton shares the recent updates to fire safety law in the UK and what these updates mean for building management.
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The Importance of Ownership: Giving Communities the Power to Regenerate
Locality’s most recent report assesses whether community ownership could boost the post-Covid-19 recovery. With the economy beginning to recover, could community asset transfers be the key to creating a long-lasting and sustainable path to stronger local economies?
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How National Planning Processes are Changing
Last year, planning received more mainstream media attention than it had done for some time. This is largely due to the government whitepaper ‘Planning for the Future’. In this article we look at the recent growth in the planning sector and how planning processes are being reformed nationwide.
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Planning the World we Need: Enabling Biodiversity Net Gain in the Planning System
This case study explores the ways that local authorities can enable biodiversity net gain in the planning system, and ways that central government can support them.
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How has Grenfell Changed Building Regulations and Fire Safety in the UK
72 people died as a result of the fire at Grenfell Tower in 2017. This article examines what is being done within building and fire regulations, in the wake of the disaster.
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