Protection Consultation Responses

The PRU has been involved in responding to a number of key Government and industry consultations which will form the basis of an improved building safety system. These include responses from 2021-2023.

• 21 July 2022 – Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities – Higher Risk Buildings (Descriptions and Supplementary Provisions) Consultation – NFCC Response
• 10 November 2021 – PAS 8672 -Built Environment – Framework for competence of individual Principal Contractors and Designated Individuals working under Organizational Principal Contractors – Specification
• 22 October 2021 – Safety Case Principles consultation
• 15 October 2021 – Building Safety Levy, Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities
• 14 September 2021 – PAS 8673 – Built environment – Framework for competence of individual Building Safety Managers and nominated individual Building Safety Managers – Specification
• 17 August 2021 – Building Bulletin 100: Fire Safety Design in Schools – NFCC Response 
• 19 July 2021 – Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans (PEEPs) Consultation
• 13 April 2021 – Welsh Government Safer Buildings in Wales Consultation – NFCC Response
• 26 March 2021 – MHCLG National Planning Policy Framework and National Model Design Code: Consultation proposals – NFCC Response 
• 9 March 2021 – Charter for Social Housing Residents – Social Housing White Paper Response 
• 1 February 2021 – MHCLG: Supporting housing delivery and public service infrastructure: NFCC response
• 25 January 2021 – RICS Draft Guidance Note – Valuation of properties in multi-storey, multi-occupancy residential buildings with cladding, 1st edition – NFCC Response
• 22 January 2021 – MHCLG Architects Act Consultation NFCC Response
• 11 January 2021 – MHCLG Domestic Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm Consultation – Proposals to Extend Regulations
• 1 December 2020 – MHCLG Raising accessibility standards for new homes – NFCC Response
• 29 October 2020 – Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee Consultation The Future of the Planning System in England – NFCC Response 
• 29 October 2020 – MHCLG Planning for the Future Consultation – NFCC Response
• 24 October 2020 – Draft Scottish Advice Note: Determining the fire risk posed by external wall systems in existing multi-storey residential buildings – NFCC Response
• 21 October 2020 – Fire and Rescue Authorities becoming statutory consultees in the development management process – NFCC Response
• 12 October 2020 – Home Office Fire Safety Order – NFCC Response
• 30 September 2020 – Pre White Paper: Welsh Government Building Safety Position Statement
• 14 September 2020 – Select Committee Call for Evidence on the Draft Building Safety Bill
• 2 July 2020 – Call for Evidence: Progress in remediating dangerous cladding: Public Accounts Committee
• 22 May 2020 – Review of the ban on the use of combustible materials in and on the external walls of buildings: MHCLG
• 18 May 2020 – Call for Evidence: Cladding: progress on remediation: HCLG Select Committee
• 3 March 2020 – Guide to the Design of Balconies and Terraces, Draft for Public Consultation
• 26 February 2020 – Fire Safety: Risk Prioritisation in Existing Buildings – A Call for Evidence
• 7 February 2020 – The Future Homes Standard: 2019 Consultation on changes to Part L (conservation of fuel and power) and Part F (ventilation) of the Building Regulations for new dwellings

Our protection focused responses to consultations pre-2020 can be found on NFCC’s Consultation responses page.