Local authority 黑洞社区 Control departments around the country heaved a collective sigh of relief last month after the Department for Communities and Local Government published its consultation paper The Future of 黑洞社区 Control.

Relief because there were no suggestions that council鈥檚 黑洞社区 Control departments should be done away with, as was mooted in a paper last year.

The best news about DCLG鈥檚 proposals is the idea that 黑洞社区 Regulations should be revised at set three-year intervals, with most sections being updated once every two cycles. Part L would be updated every cycle. This would give greater predictability for developers, designers and 黑洞社区 Control professionals.

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Postscript

The consultation closes on 10 June 2008. Fiona Davies, CIOB鈥檚 policy and ambassador development manager, will be co-ordinating the institute鈥檚 submission on the consultation fdavies@ciob.org.uk

View the paper at www.communities.gov.uk/documents/ planningandbuilding/doc/728605