Draft Building Safety Bill

On 20 July 2020 the UK Government published the long awaited draft Building Safety Bill ("the Draft Bill"), setting out proposals for reform of the regulatory regime for buildings in England.

The Draft Bill follows Dame Judith Hackitt's independent review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety in 2018, which made 53 recommendations for improvement, the Government's subsequent 'Building a Safer Future' consultation, discussed here, and the Government's response to that consultation published on 2 April 2020 and discussed here.

The Draft Bill seeks to implement major reform to improve building and fire safety in England and has been published to enable construction industry consultation and review between now and 12 October 2020, when the consultation ends.