7 April 2011 | Michael Oberwarth
The Government has launched today (7 April) its “Red Tape Challenge”, a website-based project aimed at identifying - and scrapping - unnecessary regulations.
The Government is calling on interested...
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4 March 2011 | David Marsden
The Zero Carbon Hub-led Task Group recently published its final report, Carbon compliance: setting an appropriate limit for zero carbon new homes: findings and recommendations, which will assist the Department...
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17 February 2011 | Richard John
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has warned the Government that unless it provides greater clarity on how its 'Green Deal' scheme will be financed, it could fail to attract the businesses it...
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13 December 2010 | Tim Brittain
The EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive 2010 repeals and replaces the current 2002 Directive from 1 February 2012 and must be fully implemented by all EU member states by July 2013. Further details...
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12 November 2010 | David Marsden
The Government has published its response to the Penfold Review of non-planning consents.
Back in December 2009, Adrian Penfold, the head of planning and environment at British Land, was asked to review...
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7 September 2010 | Joe Kwok
Back in July, I wrote about a recent consultation which asked property owners and occupiers for their opinions on how the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (CRC) should be treated in leases.
Although the...
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3 September 2010 | Richard John
There has been conflicting reports in the press over the Government’s ‘zero-carbon’ target for new homes.
Last month, I summarised the Government’s approach for ensuring that all new homes are...
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9 August 2010 | Richard John
The Housing Minister Grant Shapps has outlined new steps to give local councils and developers more flexibility to ensure that all new homes are zero-carbon from 2016 and that the costs of new build "do...
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23 July 2010 | Richard John |
The Government is considering introducing new stamp duty penalties to force property owners to make their homes more energy efficient.
Under the proposals, a person purchasing a house in the lowest...
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