Land Business Tracker | November 2022
Welcome to our quarterly tracker of key land management, farming, planning and energy regulation and legislation.
In this issue we cover:
EMPLOYMENT
Implement:
- National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rates (UK)
- Personal Protective Equipment at Work (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (UK)
ECONOMY
Implement
- Charities Act 2022 (England & Wales)
Monitor:
- Protect Duty (UK)
- Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill (England and Wales)
- Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (UK – but application varies)
ENVIRONMENT
Implement:
- Net Zero Strategy (UK)
- 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)
- Wildlife Management (Grouse) Bill (Scotland)
FARMING
Implement:
- Agricultural support schemes (England)
Monitor:
- Delivering our vision for Scottish agriculture – proposals for a new Agriculture Bill (Scotland)
- Agricultural (Wales) Bill (Wales)
- Soil Carbon Code (UK)
FOOD
Implement:
- Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act (Scotland)
Monitor:
- Local development planning – regulations and guidance: consultation (Scotland)
- Draft National Planning Framework 4 (Scotland)
- Permitted Development Rights review (Scotland)
PROPERTY
Implement:
- The Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (UK)
- The Building Safety Act (UK)
- Business rates relief (UK)
- 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)
Monitor:
- Heat and buildings strategy (UK)
- Changes to permitted development rights for electronic communications infrastructure (UK)
- Land Reform Bill (Scotland)
- The Council Tax (Long-term Empty Dwellings and Dwellings Occupied Periodically) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (Wales)
- Second homes in Wales – statutory licensing scheme (Wales)
- Proposed Land Transaction Tax higher rates for second homes (Wales)
RESIDENTIAL LETTINGS
Implement:
- 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)
- 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:
- Renters’ Reform Bill (England)
- The Decent Homes Standard (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)
TAXATION
Implement:
- Annual Investment Allowance and 130% ‘super-deduction’ (UK)
- Registration of Trusts with HMRC (UK)
