questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the differences between the definition of connected buildings which are regulated as (a) one higher-risk building during design and construction phases under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and (b) two or more separate buildings during the occupation phase under the Building Safety Act 2022 on costs for leaseholders.
answerText: The Higher-Risk Buildings (Descriptions and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations 2023 define higher-risk 'buildings' differently in the design and construction phase and once a building is occupied, with each phase being distinctly different and having i...
heading: Buildings: Fire Prevention