Land Business Tracker | July 2022
Welcome to our quarterly tracker of key land management, farming, planning and energy regulation and legislation.
In this issue we cover:
Implement:
- National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rates (UK)
- Personal Protective Equipment at Work (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (UK)
- Agricultural support schemes (England)
- The Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (UK)
- The Building Safety Act (UK – but application varies)
- Business rates relief (UK)
- Changes to permitted development rights allowing commercial premises to be converted into homes (England)
- Boiler Upgrade Scheme (England and Wales)
- The Fire Safety Act 2021 (England and Wales)
- Increased transparency in land ownership (Scotland)
- Right to Rent checks and ‘share codes’ (UK)
- Electrical safety in the private rented sector (England)
- Renting Homes (Amendment) (Wales) Act 2021 (Wales)
- Annual Investment Allowance temporary cap and 130% ‘super-deduction’ (UK)
Monitor:
- Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill (England and Wales)
- Water abstraction and impounding licensing in England: changes to the regulatory framework (England)
- Consultation on environmental targets (England)
- Guiding principles on the environment: draft statutory guidance (Scotland)
- New National Parks for Scotland (Scotland)
- Good Food Nation (Scotland) Bill (Scotland)
- Local development planning – regulations and guidance: consultation (Scotland)
- Draft National Planning Framework 4 (Scotland)
- Permitted Development Rights review (Scotland)
- Heat and buildings strategy (UK)
- Changes to permitted development rights for electronic communications infrastructure (UK)
- The Council Tax (Long-term Empty Dwellings and Dwellings Occupied Periodically) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (Wales)
- Proposed Land Transaction Tax higher rates for second homes (Wales)
- Renters’ Reform Bill (England)
- Domestic smoke and carbon monoxide alarms (England)
- Improving the energy performance of privately rented homes in England and Wales (England and Wales)
- A New Deal for Tenants – draft Rented Sector Strategy consultation (Scotland)
- Energy Efficiency (Domestic Private Rented Property) (Scotland) Regulations (Scotland)
- Review of Property Income – Survey (UK)
- The Land and Buildings Transaction Tax – Additional Dwelling Supplement: A call for evidence and views (Scotland)
