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)