Layout of the Building in UK Law

  • The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 ' New Year, New Rules
    • Mondaq UK
    ... ... we've spent considerable time getting to grips with the new ... building safety regime introduced by the Building Safety Act 2022 ... (the BSA) ... significant changes are made to the layout of the building or the ... location of fire-fighting equipment ... The ... ...
  • Separate Floors: Overrated?
    • Mondaq UK
    ... ... ruled that two geographically separate floors of the same office building in the same occupation, must be treated as separate rateable ... may also choose to take a demise of certain staircases if the layout of the building lends itself to this. In the Mazars case the Court ... ...
  • Green Homes Grant For Homeowners - How Can Housebuilders Seek To Improve Energy Efficiency Long-term?
    • Mondaq UK
    ... ... create net zero buildings. To have a net zero building means that ... any carbon emissions are off-set to create a neutralising ... Another option is to focus on ... the design and layout of the building. Around 30% of the UK's ... emissions derive from the ... ...
  • When Two Does Not Become One
    • Mondaq UK
    ... ... rates burden for occupiers of premises on multiple floors of a building or in adjoining units ... Business rates are a tax on property and not ... may also choose to take a demise of certain staircases if the layout of the building lends itself to this, in order to demonstrate that the ... ...
  • New Residential Planning Application Requirements For Fire Safety
    • Mondaq UK
    ... ... take effect from 1 August 2021 ... The Building Safety Bill ("the Bill") that was ... published last year and introduced ... applicant's approach to fire safety, site layout" and access for ... emergency vehicles and water supplies for firefighting.\xC2" ... ...
  • New residential planning application requirements for fire safety
    • JD Supra United Kingdom
    A new requirement for Fire Statements to be submitted with certain planning applications for high rise residential buildings and for the HSE to be consulted on such applications is intended to take...
    ... ... The Building Safety Bill (“the Bill”) that was published last year and introduced ... including the applicant’s approach to fire safety, site layout and access for emergency vehicles and water supplies for firefighting.  ... ...
  • Code Breaker?
    • Mondaq UK
    ... ... Ministerial Statement accompanying the Act explained that tougher Building Regulations requirements will make it unnecessary to apply the Code for ... standards or requirements relating to the construction, internal layout or performance of new dwellings. This includes any policy requiring any ... ...
  • VAT Focus - January 2014
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    ... ... argued that it was an enlargement or extension to an existing building rendering the construction services liable to the full standard rate. If ... outweighed by the fact that the entire building was designed in its layout as a single and unified entity. The Tribunal also stated that if they were ... ...
  • The One Thing Alts Managers Get Wrong In Building Their Pitch Book
    • Mondaq UK
    ... ... But when it comes to writing the actual copy or working with a ... designer on visuals and layout ... it can no longer be a team ... Collaboration isn't the problem. I love collaboration ... It's the compromise that inevitably results ... from ... ...
  • Geography, Function and Objective Necessity: a New Approach to Non-Domestic Rates in the Office - Woolway v. Mazars [2015] – One building, one business, two hereditaments
    • JD Supra United Kingdom
    Background - The Supreme Court has handed down judgment in a non-domestic ratings case that has overturned the approach to determining hereditaments where there are floors separated by common ...
    ... ... In respect of future business decisions, the shape and layout of a potential building should be a consideration when ascertaining potential costs associated with any potential letting of the building or part of ... ...
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