Land Business Tracker | August 2023
Welcome to our quarterly tracker of key land management, farming, planning and energy regulation and legislation.
In this issue we cover:
Employment
Implement now:
- National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rates (UK)
- Personal Protective Equipment at Work (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (UK)
Monitor Now:
- Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Act 2023 (England, Scotland and Wales)
Economy
Implement now:
- Charities Act 2022 (England and Wales)
- Protect Duty / Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill (UK)
Monitor Now:
- Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act (UK, but application varies)
Environment
Implement now:
- Controlling the Felling of Trees (UK)
- Powers to enforce measures against hare coursing (England and Wales)
Monitor Now:
- Net Zero Strategy (UK)
- Environmental targets and Environmental Improvement Plan (UK)
- Consultation on the draft revised Air Quality Strategy (UK)
- Local Nutrient Mitigation Fund: call for evidence and expression of interest (UK)
- Taxation of environmental land management and ecosystem service markets (UK)
- Water abstraction and impounding licensing in England: changes to the regulatory framework (England)
- Developing local partnerships for onshore wind in England (England)
- Guiding principles on the environment: draft statutory guidance (Scotland)
- New National Parks for Scotland (Scotland)
- Wildlife Management (Grouse) Bill (Scotland)
- Draft Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan consultation (Scotland)
- Circular Economy Bill (Scotland)
Farming
Implement now:
- Agricultural support schemes (England)
- The Official Controls (Plant Protection Products) Regulations 2020 (England, Scotland and Wales)
Monitor Now:
- Soil Carbon Code (UK)
- Poultry and other captive birds: registration in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales)
- Delivering our vision for Scottish agriculture – proposals for a new Agriculture Bill (Scotland)
- Agricultural (Wales) Bill (Wales)
- Nutrient Management: Managing the application of livestock manures sustainably (Wales)
Food
Monitor Now:
- Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act (Scotland)
- Food (Wales) Bill (Wales)
Planning
Implement now:
- Permitted development rights: temporary recreational campsites, renewable energy and film-making consultation (England)
- National Planning Framework 4 (Scotland)
- Local development planning – regulations and guidance: consultation (Scotland)
- Permitted Development Rights review (Scotland)
Monitor Now:
- Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill (England and Wales)
- Technical consultation on the Infrastructure Levy (England)
- Planning Policy Wales: net benefit for biodiversity and ecosystems’ resilience (Wales)
Property
Implement now:
- The Building Safety Act (UK)
- Business rates relief (UK)
- The Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) – Non-domestic let property (England and Wales)
- Boiler Upgrade Scheme (England and Wales)
- The Fire Safety Act 2021 (England and Wales)
- The Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 (Register of Persons Holding a Controlled Interest in Land) Regulations 2021 (Scotland)
- Land and Buildings Transactions Tax (Scotland)
- Ban on the installation of fossil fuel and biomass heating systems in new buildings (Scotland)
- Second homes in Wales – higher council tax (Wales)
- Second homes in Wales – Statutory licensing scheme (Wales)
Monitor Now:
- Heat and Buildings strategy (UK)
- Energy Bill: Energy Performance of Premises (UK)
- Modernising the reservoir safety regime (UK)
- Consultation on rental auctions for vacant high street property (England)
- Land Reform Bill (Scotland)
- Council tax on second and empty homes / non-domestic rates: consultation (Scotland)
- Energy Performance Certificate Reform Consultation (Scotland)
- Second Homes in Wales – higher Land Transaction Tax (Wales)
- Securing a path towards adequate housing including fair rents and affordability (Wales)
Residential Lettings
Implement now:
- Right to Rent checks (UK)
- Electrical safety in the private rented sector (England)
- Domestic smoke and carbon monoxide alarms (England)
- Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Bill 2022 (Scotland)
- Repairing standard: statutory guidance for landlords (Scotland)
- Civic government (Scotland) Act 1982 (licensing of short-term lets) order 2022 (Scotland)
- Renting homes (amendment) (Wales) Act 2021 (Wales)
- The Non-Domestic rating (Amendment of Definition of Domestic Property) (Wales) Order 2022 (Wales)
Monitor Now:
- Renters’ Reform Bill and A Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper (England )
- The Decent Homes Standard (England)
- Government review into short-term tourist accommodation (England)
- A New Deal for Tenants – draft Rented Sector Strategy consultation (Scotland)
- Energy Efficiency (Domestic Private Rented Property) (Scotland) Regulations (Scotland)
- Consultation on a statutory licensing scheme for all visitor accommodation providers (Wales)
Taxation
Implement now:
- Annual Investment Allowance and 130% ‘super-deduction’ (UK)
- Registration of Trusts with HMRC (UK)
- Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act (UK, but application varies)
Read the full tracker with all the information on what to implement and monitor below.
