With the introduction of planning gateway one fast approaching there is plenty of discussion about the impact new rules will have on how construction professionals will have to work in future.  

Extensive work was carried out by Dame Judith Hackitt after the Grenfell fire into regulatory reform, which led to the Hackett Review in 2018 and then the draft Building Safety Bill in 2020. The aim of the bill is to enhance fire safety of buildings that fall within its scope and to also introduce the concept of gateways at three stages: planning, construction and handover. Each gateway or stage must be signed off by the new building safety regulator before moving onto the next stage or before residents move in.

Gateway one, or the planning gateway, is set to come into force on 1 August but it is being introduced via an amendment to existing planning legislation because the Building Safety Bill has still to go through parliamentary scrutiny as part of the legislative process. 

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