BUILDING SAFETY BILL – IMPLEMENTATION OF GATEWAY ONE
It was published by the government on the 10th May 2021 to implement the Building Safety Bill Gateway 1* ahead of the BSB. This will come into effect from the 1st August 2021 and will be added to the current planning system by making amendments to The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 (as amended). This will have substantial implications for buildings in scope (residential over 18m). If Gateway 1* is not approved, the progression of the project will stall until the regulator is provided with the required information.
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Planning Gateway One Has Two Key Elements:
- To require the developer to submit a fire statement setting out fire safety considerations specific to the development with a relevant application for planning permission for development which involves one or more relevant buildings, and
- To establish the Health and Safety Executive as a statutory consultee for relevant planning applications.
Purpose of the Fire Statement:
Fire statements will support the consideration of information on fire safety matters as they relate to land use planning matters (e.g. layout and access). It is the intention that the information provided within the fire statement is focussed and concise, specific and relevant to the development, and proportionate to the scale, type and complexity of the proposal. A fire statement will evidence thinking that fire safety matters, as they relate to planning, have been incorporated into the planning application.
Types of buildings which are “relevant buildings”?
Relevant buildings:
- Contain two or more dwellings or educational accommodation and
- Meet the height condition (18m or more in height, or 7 or more storeys whichever is reached first).
“Dwellings” includes flats and “educational accommodation” means residential accommodation for the use of students at boarding school or in later stages of education (see the definition in article 9A(8)).
Link to draft Fire Statement & Guidance:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/building-safety-planning-gateway-one#annex-c-draft-fire-statement-form
Annex A – Planning Gateway One information
Annex B – Draft Statutory Instrument
Annex C – Draft Fire Statement Form
Annex D: Draft fire statement guidance
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