The Environment Agency sets out information and record-keeping requirements for intensive pig and poultry farming permits. It explains retention periods for records, reporting obligations including annual pollution inventory returns, and the need to notify the Agency immediately of incidents or permit breaches.
The Environment Agency has published guidance on compliance requirements for intensive pig and poultry farming permits, setting out appropriate measures to control pollution risks to air, land and water. The guidance explains how these standards relate to permit conditions, best available techniques, and other regulatory obligations, and applies to both new and existing farms.
The Regulator of Social Housing has updated its guidance on how it assesses issues of potential regulatory concern, including language changes to reflect the introduction of the Competence and Conduct Standard. The document explains that the regulator uses a risk-based, case-by-case approach and may seek further information from landlords and, where appropriate, other stakeholders when considering material issues.
The Cross-Market Operational Resilience Group (CMORG) has completed its latest sector-wide simulation exercise, SIMEX26, focused on a global disruption to cloud services. The exercise involved major UK financial authorities and large banks and market infrastructure operators, with the Bank of England now expecting firms to act on the findings to strengthen resilience to severe operational and cyber incidents.
The Regulator of Social Housing has updated its guidance on how it publishes regulatory judgements and gradings, including language changes to reflect the Competence and Conduct Standard. The guidance explains when judgements are issued, how grades are applied to large and small landlords, and how different types of regulatory engagement affect published outcomes.
The government has announced a consultation on extending Awaab’s Law from social housing into the private rented sector, with the aim of imposing strict repair timeframes for serious health and safety hazards such as damp and mould. The article also notes that the Renters Rights Act has already introduced fines for category 1 hazards, and that the consultation will help determine how the new protections will be implemented and when they will take effect.
The Government has launched a consultation on extending Awaab’s Law beyond social housing to the private rented sector, with potential coverage also for certain temporary, supported and care-related housing. The proposal would impose legally binding deadlines for landlords to address dangerous damp and mould, building on existing duties to deal with serious health and safety hazards.
The article reports support from several advocacy and charity groups for the government’s consultation on extending Awaab’s Law to the private rented sector. The focus is on faster action to address hazards such as damp and mould, with calls for the measures to be implemented urgently and applied effectively across different types of rented accommodation.
The article argues that abolishing Stamp Duty Land Tax would not simply reduce buyer costs, but could create major short-term volatility in the residential property market and conveyancing system. It suggests that any reform would need a replacement tax and careful implementation to avoid surges in transactions, regional bottlenecks, and pressure on legal and data processes.
Taylor Wimpey has stopped building new homes in London, saying the viability of new schemes has become fundamentally broken and that development costs have risen to prohibitive levels. The company cited policy-related cost pressures, including the requirement for a second staircase in high-rise buildings over 18 metres, alongside a broader decline in expected London completions.
The article reports that a consultation on extending Awaab's Law to the private rental sector is due to close on 18 December. It indicates a potential forthcoming change to health and safety obligations in private rented housing, but provides no further detail on the proposed scope or timetable.
The Property Ombudsman has expelled three registered businesses after they failed to pay compensation awards following upheld complaints. The cases involved tenancy management, survey/report delivery and landlord account handling, with the Ombudsman stressing that awards are binding and compliance is essential to consumer confidence.
